A compilation of never-before-published images by North Vietnamese photographers captures the events of the Vietnam War from a new perspective and documents daily life and battle on the North Vietnamese side.

A stunning compilation of 160 never-before-published images by North Vietnamese photographers capture the events of the Vietnam War from a dramatic new perspective and document daily life and battle on the North Vietnamese side.

Often described as the first "television war," the Vietnam conflict was defined - and shaped - by cameras and the bold, gifted photographers behind them. Our memories of Vietnam are literally graphic - a Buddhist monk setting himself on fire, a war-weary grunt with a thousand-yard stare, a napalmed child fleeing her flaming village, desperate refugees clinging to the skids of the last helicopter out of Saigon. These and a hundred other images are seared into our consciousness - but a very different viewpoint appears in this vision of three decades of war in Vietnam.
Another Vietnam presents the view of the North Vietnamese combat photographers who documented their people's 30-year struggle, first against the French and then against the Americans. Intended above all to inspire, their pictures portray a society committed to victory at all costs, but they are much more than mere propaganda: They show us courage, drama, resolve, and - often - a violent beauty.

General

ISBN		9780792264651
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Natl Geographic Society
Pages		240
List Price		$50.00
Author		Niven, Douglas Page, Tim Riley, Christopher
Publication Date		02/01/2002
Release Status		Out of Stock Indefinitely
Format		Hardcover
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 11.25 Inches (US) Width: 10 Inches (US) Thickness: 1 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 3.65 Pounds (US)
Editor		Niven, Douglas Riley, Christopher