The Uncensored War: The Media and Vietnam

by Daniel C. Hallin

Book Overview

This book was finished in the tenth year after the end of the Vietnam War. The year 1985 was also the year of Rambo, and of a number of other celebration of the Vietnam War in popular culture. It was the year Congress cut off aid to the "Contras" in Nicaragua, and then abruptly reversed itself and approved "humanitarian" aid to support the guerrilla war in that country. The "Vietnam Syndrome" showed signs of giving way tot he "Grenada Syndrome" the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520065433
• ISBN13: 9780520065437
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Lots of detail

I have to read this for a class, and while it is a bit heavy at times (jumbles of names/dates/facts always prove tricky reading for me) it's got a lot of great information. Of course the book only focuses on NYTimes coverage, but it's a great study for anyone interested in what really went on between the government and the media during Vietnam.