Full name: The Cat from Hue: A Vietnam War Story

Author: John Laurence Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9781586481605 1586481606

Winner of the Overseas Press Club Cornelius Ryan Award John Laurence covered the Vietnam war for CBS News from its early days, through the bloody battle of Hue in 1968, to the Cambodian invasion. He was judged by his colleagues to be the best television reporter of the war, however, the traumatic stories Laurence covered became a personal burden that he carried long after the war was over. In this evocative, unflinching memoir, laced with humor, anger, love, and the unforgettable story of Mé a cat rescued from the battle of Hue, Laurence recalls coming of age during the war years as a journalist and as a man. Along the way, he clarifies the murky history of the war and the role that journalists played in altering its course.The Cat from Huéi> has earned passionate acclaim from many of the most renowned journalists and writers about the war, as well as from military officers and war veterans, book reviewers, and readers. This book will stand with Michael Herr's Dispatches, Philip Caputo's A Rumor of War, and Neil Sheehan's A Bright, Shining Lie as one of the best books ever written about Vietnam-and about war generally. Similar books: Guns Up! by Johnnie M. Clark A Vietcong Memoir by Truong Nhu Tang Charlie Company by Peter Goldman The Killing Zone by Frederick Downs Nam by Mark Baker In Retrospect by Robert S. McNamara Dispatches by Michael Herr Chickenhawk by Robert Mason If I Die in a Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien Once a Warrior King by David Donovan Dear America by Bernard Edelman Everything We Had by Al Santoli Shrapnel in the Heart by Laura Palmer Platoon Leader by James R. McDonough The tunnels of Cu Chi by Tom Mangold