Bearings

by Edward Samuel Behr

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670151491
• ISBN13: 9780670151493
• Release Date: October 1978
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Interesting as both political and journalism history

Behr certainly covered a series of conflicts, mostly tribal or sectarian, but viewed through a cold war lens. His writing gives a glimpse into the events on the ground as well as some insight into the journalism industry. It's a both a relief and a reproof that reportage was sensational long before FoxNews was a cable outlet. If you have an interest in cold war history or combat conflict journalism, this memoir is for you. Best for people who enjoy: military memoirs ("Quartered Safe Out Here", "Goodbye Darkness") or the movies, "Under Fire", "Salvador" and "The Year of Living Dangerously".

Great journalist view of history

Just finishing it. I ate it up, reading 40+ pages a night, which is a lot for me. Great insider view into history of wars in India (WWII era), Algeria and Vietnam. Also, really good insights into how journalists *really* see the world they report on. Thoroughly enjoyable memoir of one who lived life on the front line.