{"product_id":"on-the-front-lines-of-the-cold-war-an-american-correspondents-journal-from-the-chinese-civil-war-to-the-cuban-missile-crisis-and-vietnam-9780807145623","title":"On the Front Lines of the Cold War: An American Correspondent's Journal from the Chinese Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam","description":"As a correspondent for the International News Service, the Associated Press, and later for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e Seymour Topping documented on the ground the tumultuous events during the Chinese Civil War, the French Indochina War, and the American retreat from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. In this riveting narrative, Topping chronicles his extraordinary experiences covering the East-West struggle in Asia and Eastern Europe from1946 into the 1980s, taking us beyond conventional historical accounts to provide a fresh, first-hand perspective on American triumphs and defeats during the Cold War era\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seymour Topping\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.22w x 1.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807145623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeymour Topping retired from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e in 1993 after service as foreign editor and as managing editor for ten years. He served until 2002 as administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes and is now emeritus professor of international journalism at Columbia University. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eJourney Between Two Chinas; The Peking Letter: A Novel of the Chinese Civil War;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFatal Crossroads: A Novel of Vietnam 1945.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40412450095219,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":42.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c729bd65-5cc9-49ce-9aaf-70e4083e3255.jpg?v=1662126660","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/on-the-front-lines-of-the-cold-war-an-american-correspondents-journal-from-the-chinese-civil-war-to-the-cuban-missile-crisis-and-vietnam-9780807145623","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}