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Good. Ex-Library Book. Has usual library markings and stamps inside. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
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Photographs/Maps. Near Fine in Near Fine (in mylar) jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Textblock is bright and tight; Small label glue stain on ffep, else appears unread; Cloth binding, minimally shelf worn. Unclipped dust jacket, illustrated, minimally worn, mylar sleeved. 466pp., including dates.
Edition:
First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]
Publisher:
Viking
Published:
1991
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16131131625
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Very good in Very good jacket. xiv, 465, [1] pages. Map of the Author's route. List of Illustrations. Illustrations. Some Vietnamese Dates. Justin Wintle (born 1949) is an English author, editor and journalist who has contributed to a wide variety of media-outlets. Born in London, the son of film and television producer Julian Wintle, he was educated at Stowe School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He is also Chairman of the Bình Hòa massacre Trust Fund. Life in post-war Vietnam, based on the author's travels through Vietnam from 4 October 1989 to 3 January 1990. Originally published in London by Penguin Books, 1991. Vietnam as a country outside the myth of the American imagination, a place other than merely a theater of war, a place other than killing fields. When the Vietnam War finally ended in April 1975 with the communist capture of Saigon, Vietnam itself became a closed country, out of bounds to western travelers and journalists. By 1989, however, such was Vietnams economic plight that the government decided the time had come to open its doors again, albeit most gingerly. By a stroke of good fortune Justin Wintle became the first writer from the West to be allowed to journey around the whole of Vietnam. This is Justin Wintle's classic account of what he found in postwar Vietnam, and how, for three months, he played cat and mouse with those charged with keeping him in line, while developing a profound love for more ordinary Vietnamese and the astonishing landscapes they inhabit. Derived from a Kirkus review: This is a first-person account of an extended jaunt through the Socialist Republic of Vietnam attests by an English travel writer. Journalist Wintle spent the last three months of 1989 on a self-imposed assignment to capture ``the real Vietnam, '' i.e., the Communist-ruled nation whose image, he was convinced, had been indelibly blurred by Hollywood's war films. Despite having traversed the dirt-poor SRV from north to south during the dawn of doi moi (an Asian analogue of perestroika), he reached a few conclusions. His closely chaperoned contacts with the likes of Le Duc Tho, General Vo Nguyen Giap, and Vu Ky provided some insights, but not really a coherent, communicable perception of either where the country is heading or what it's about. The author's chronological narrative focuses on the frustrations experienced by a Westerner attempting to deal with a closed society. For most readers, this will go a very long way. A trip that the tour guide's scope sadly leaves him too little space and time to provide additional commentary on an intriguing land.
