Saigon Has Fallen

Saigon Has Fallen

â€œPeter Arnett is the best reporter of the Vietnam War.â€ â€”David Halberstam, Journalist and Historian

In this intimate and exclusive remembrance on the 40th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett tells the story of his role covering the controversial Vietnam War for The Associated Press from 1962 to its end on April 30, 1975. Arnettâ€™s clear-eyed coverage incurred the wrath of President Lyndon Johnson and officials on all sides of the conflict. Writing candidly and vividly about his risks and triumphs, Arnett also shares his fears and fights in reporting against the backdrop of war.

Arnett places readers at the historic pivot-points of Vietnam: covering Marine landings, mountaintop battles, Saigonâ€™s decline and fall, and the safe evacuation of a planeload of 57 infants in the midst of chaos. Peter Arnettâ€™s sweeping view and his frank, descriptive, and dramatic writing brings the Vietnam War to life in a uniquely insightful way for this yearâ€™s 40th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon.

Arnett won the Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for his Vietnam coverage. He later went on to TV-reporting fame covering the Gulf War for CNN.

Includes 21 dramatic photographs from the AP Archive and the personal collection of Peter Arnett.

About the Author

Peter Arnett started as an intern at his local newspaper at age 18, but knew even then his interest was in covering the world. Less than a decade later, he was traveling the globe for The Associated Press, the first of several major American news organizations he would work for. His Vietnam War coverage for the AP won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1966. Arnett joined CNN at its birth in the early 1980s, earning a television Emmy for his live television coverage of the first Gulf War from Baghdad in 1991. He is also the author of Live from the Battlefield: From Vietnam to Baghdad, published in 1994. Born in New Zealand in 1934, he later became an American citizen and now lives in Fountain Valley, CA.

About The Associated Press

The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. Founded in 1846, AP today is the most trusted source of independent news and information. On any given day, more than half the world's population sees news from AP.

Country	USA
Author	Peter Arnett
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780795346415
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	RosettaBooks
Manufacturer	RosettaBooks
NumberOfPages	224
PublicationDate	2015-04-23
Publisher	RosettaBooks
ReleaseDate	2015-04-23
Studio	RosettaBooks

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