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Triumph Of The Absurd
A Reporter's Love for the Abandoned People of VietnamBy Uwe Siemon-NettoNarrated by Steve MillerLength8h 40m
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Almost half a century ago, a young reporter from Germany arrived in still-glamorous Saigon to cover the Vietnam War over a period of five years. In this memoir he now tells the story of how he fell in love with the Vietnamese people. He praises the beauty, elegance and feistiness of their women. He describes blood-curdling Communist atrocities and fierce combat scenes he had witnessed. He introduces a striking array of characters: heroes, villains, statesmen and spooks, hilarious eccentrics, street urchins and orphans herding water buffalos. He shows how professional malpractice by U.S. media stars such as Walter Cronkite turned the military victory of American and South Vietnamese forces during the 1968 Tet Offensive into a political defeat. He mourns the countless innocent victims of the Communist conquest of South Vietnam, which was the grim consequence of its abandonment by the United States. Thus, he argues, the wrong side won. Finally, with the eyes on Afghanistan, he poses a harrowing question: Are democratic societies with their proclivity for self-indulgence politically and psychologically equipped to win a protracted war against a totalitarian foe?
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (48)
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GenreTravel
Length8 hrs 40 mins
Narrated bySteve Miller
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 23, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Openingcredits
16Chapterseven
2Inmemoriam
17Chaptereight
3Abouttheauthor
18Reflectionfive
4Foreword
19Chapternine
5Preface
20Chapterten
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6Reflectionone
21Reflectionsix
7Chapterone
22Chaptereleven
8Chaptertwo
23Chaptertwelve
9Reflectiontwo
24Chapterthirteen
10Chapterthree
25Chapterfourteen
11Chapterfour
26Chapterfifteen
12Chapterfive
27Chaptersixteen
13Reflectionthree
28Epilogue
14Chaptersix
29Closingcredits
15Reflectionfour
30Quotes
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