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The mark : a war correspondent's memoir of Vietnam and Cambodia

Title
The mark : a war correspondent's memoir of Vietnam and Cambodia / by Jacques Leslie.
Author
Leslie, Jacques, 1947-
Publication
New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, ©1995.

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Description
305 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
At the height of the Vietnam War, Jacques Leslie was a fledgling war correspondent when a colleague told him about "the mark"--The craving for the intensity of war, the belief of many journalists that they are most alive in a war zone - and instantly Leslie knew he had it. In THE MARK, Leslie searches with uncompromising honesty for the source of his own attraction to war. THE MARK is at once a historical memoir, a coming-of-age-story, and an exploration of the workings of journalism. THE MARK is a chronicle of a complex and fascinating time and place: Indochina in the 1970s, a flashpoint for what was supposed to be the showdown between Communism and democracy - and what turned into a vicious war between an arrogant and out-of-touch American command and its largely corrupt allies on the one side, and a dedicated and ruthless indigenous force on the other.
Subject
  • Leslie, Jacques, 1947-
  • 1961 - 1975
  • Geschichte 1972-1975
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Journalists
  • Journalists
  • Erlebnisbericht
  • Kriegsberichterstatter
  • Vietnamkrieg
  • USA
Genre/Form
Personal narratives – American.
Note
  • Includes index.
ISBN
  • 156858024X
  • 9781568580241
LCCN
94038062
OCLC
  • ocm31240619
  • 31240619
  • SCSB-2057797
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library