Oral history transcript, Stanley Karnow, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger
Title:
Oral history transcript, Stanley Karnow, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger
Number of Pages:
70
Description:
Living in Paris to cover the French war in Indochina 1950-1957; moving to Hong Kong to be the chief correspondent for Southeast Asia and China in 1959-70; getting accustomed to Vietnamese culture and developing sources; Pham Ngoc Thao and his death; Pham Xuan An; Ambassador Elbridge Durbrow; General 'Hanging Sam' Williams; the first American reporters to cover Vietnam; Homer Bigart; Ambassador Frederick Nolting; censorship; separating fact from fiction; Edward Lansdale; Vietnam: A History book and television show; Lou Conein; comparing Vietnam to Central America in 1984; criticism of the Vietnam War in the 1980’s; Tran Kim Tuyen; Diem coup of 1963; Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge; communist reaction to Diem Coup; movement of North Vietnamese soldiers into the South; Abe Fortas; reporters and public opinion on the war; the effect of the news media; evaluation of other reporters in Vietnam; American generals in Vietnam; locations and dates of his field reporting; covering the Communist side of the war; books on the subject of Vietnam.
