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Flashbacks : on returning to Vietnam / Morley Safer.

Safer, Morley. (Author).

Summary:

A noted television journalist records his impressions of Vietnam during a 1988 trip to southeast Asia, describing encounters with old friends and enemies, the impact of the Vietnam war on the region, and changes in the country since the war.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0394583744
  • ISBN: 9780394583747
  • Physical Description: xv, 206 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, �1990.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Arrival -- "Brother-whose-chin-is-up" -- "You, sir, are collapsed" -- "The guitar went too" -- Homecoming -- The logic of Dr. Hoa -- "Top of the world" -- A kiss before dying -- The land of fairies and dragons -- "The birds still sang" -- "Give Bobby my best" -- "You just shat on the flag" -- Devi in blue jeans -- "Surely the gods live here" -- "Street without joy" -- "Something good is going to happen to you today" -- Pig in a poke -- Nil Carborundum in the Jerome et Juliet -- "The best of the best" -- The pain that lingers -- Hapless heroes -- My fair lady -- The spy in winter -- The house on Nguyen Du Street -- The Giacometti Buddha -- Departure.
Subject:
Vietnam > Description and travel.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American.
Safer, Morley > Travel > Vietnam.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library DS 556.39 .S24 1990 2245681 Stacks Available -