The Mark: A War Correspondent's Memoir of Vietnam and Cambodia

by Jacques Leslie

Book Overview

A historical memoir, a coming-of-age story, and an exploration of the inner workings of journalism. Leslie, who became war correspondent for the Los Angeles Times in 1972 at age 24, chronicles the actions of the reporters at once observers and participants who covered the war in Vietnam and writes a

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156858024X
• ISBN13: 9781568580241
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Good perspective

This is a good account of the closing years of the vietnam war, plus insight in cambodia. The author does a good job explaining the dynamics of working as a foreign correspondent in a war zone. Its funny, irreverent and personal. Some of the macro analysis will have readers cheering or jeering. I found it a bit grating. All in all a very solid and fun read.

Riveting Realism of the Conflicts in Southeast Asia

A must read for anyone wanting an honest, documented, and exciting story about what it was like being a war correspondent in Vietnam and Cambodia. What is outstanding about Leslie's writing is that he doesn't give in to the journalism game of giving the editors what they want to hear---He tells it like it is, and has a genius for getting his truth through the red-tape. His courage in going to the Viet-Cong for their view of the real reason of the war is absolutely the best exposure yet written about the United States senseless involvement in trying to be a strong-arm for the Saigon elite. Sincerely, Franklin D. Rast, Author-"Don's Nam," and "Ghosts In The Wire."