Reply #31: Media Coverage of the War in Vietnam and Beyond [View All]

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On Monday, May 14 at 5:00 am
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Media Coverage of the War in Vietnam and Beyond
Dorothy Fall, Frances Fitzgerald, Jonathan Schell, and Ron Steinman

Authors Dorothy Fall, Frances Fitzgerald, and Jonathan Schell talk about the media coverage of the Vietnam War and the major U.S. wars that followed it, including the current Iraq War. The discussion is moderated by Ron Steinman.

Dorothy Fall is the author of "Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar." Dorothy Fall's husband, journalist and historian Bernard Fall, began covering Vietnam in 1953, during the French occupation, and continued through the early years of the U.S. involvement there. He was killed in Vietnam in 1967. Frances Fitzgerald is the author of "Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam," which was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Jonathan Schell is the author of "The Real War," "The Village of Ben Suc," and other books.