9780714841526: Vietnam Inc.
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{"authorDescription":"Text by Philip Jones Griffiths, with a foreword by Noam Chomsky","bookshot2d":null,"bookshot3d":null,"bookshot3dSquare":null,"categories":[],"date":"","editionId":11153,"guid":"0ec2b797-6994-402c-bcab-fe7a1d0d0b52","images":[],"markets":{"AUD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"49.95","show":false},"CAD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"59.95","show":false},"EUR":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"39.95","show":false},"GBP":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"24.95","show":false},"TEST":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"0.00","show":false},"USD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"39.95","show":false}},"related":[],"sku":"9780714841526","source":"BOOKs","specifications":{"binding":"Hardback","colIlls":null,"extent":"224","language":"English","lenInch":"11","lenMm":"280","weightKilo":"1.32","widthInch":"8","widthMm":"202"},"status":false,"subtitle":"","title":"Vietnam Inc.","uri":"","webAuthorDescription":"\u003cp\u003eHighly influential, master photojournalist Philip Jones Griffiths (b.1936) is also a writer and film-maker. His photographs have appeared in every major magazine in the world and his assignments have led him to all five continents. He became a member of Magnum in 1971.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoam Chomsky is one of America's most prominent linguists and political critics. A renowned Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has written over 30 political books.\u003c/p\u003e","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1971, \u003ci\u003eVietnam Inc\u003c/i\u003e. played a crucial part in changing public attitudes in the United States, turning the tide of opinion and ultimately helping to put an end to the Vietnam War. Philip Jones Griffiths' classic account of the war was the outcome of three years of intensive reporting and is one of the most detailed surveys of any conflict in twentieth-century history. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowing us the true horrors of the war as well as a study of Vietnamese rural life, the photographer and author creates a compelling argument against the de-humanizing power of the modern war machine and American imperialism. Rare and highly sought-after, \u003ci\u003eVietnam Inc.\u003c/i\u003e became one of the enduring classics of photojournalism. It is now available in this new edition - a careful re-creation of the original with Philip Jones Griffiths' personal layouts and commentaries. A new foreword by US and political critic Noam Chomsky traces the book's impact on American public opinion.\u003c/p\u003e","webReviews":"\u003cp\u003e'Few photo books can claim the social and historic importance of \u003ci\u003eVietnam Inc\u003c/i\u003e.' (\u003ci\u003eBook Forum\u003c/i\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''The greatest description of war since Goya', raved Henri Cartier-Bresson ... Thirty years on, \u003ci\u003eVietnam Inc.\u003c/i\u003e is still a classic ... essential to anyone interested in Vietnam's history, America, photography or war.' (\u003ci\u003eFar Eastern Economic Review\u003c/i\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e","webShortDescription":"A rare and highly sought-after book of Vietnam War photographs."}