Stanley Karnow
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Stanley Karnow (born February 4, 1925 in Brooklyn , New York - † January 27, 2013 ) was an American journalist and historian . His treatise Vietnam: A History on the Vietnam War is one of the standard works on the conflict in Vietnam .
Karnow was born the son of a Jewish-Hungarian immigrant . After doing his military service for the United States Air Force in China , India and Burma during World War II , he graduated from Harvard with a bachelor's degree in 1947 . He then studied in France and began working as a foreign correspondent for Time in Paris in 1950 .
Karnow reported for Time , Life and the Washington Post as a correspondent in Asia from 1959 to 1974. Karnow was one of the first American journalists to report on the Vietnam War on site. His influential and critical articles on the use of the United States' armed forces quickly made him a thorn in the side of many political decision-makers in the White House .
Karnow has received several awards for his journalistic commitment. In 1990 he received the Pulitzer Prize for History. Stanley Karnow died in 2013 at the age of 87.
Books (selection)
- Vietnam: A History. last 2nd edition 1997, Penguin Books, New York, ISBN 0-14-026547-3 .
- In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines. 1989, ISBN 0-394-54975-9 .
- Mao and China: From Revolution to Revolution. 1972
- Mao and China: Inside China's Cultural Revolution. ISBN 0-14-007221-7 .
- Paris in the Fifties: a memoir. 1997, ISBN 0-8129-2781-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephanie Hanes: Stanley Karnow, journalist and Vietnam historian, dies. washingtonpost.com, January 27, 2013, accessed February 10, 2014
- ^ The New York Times , Robert D. McFadden, Stanley Karnow, Historian and Journalist, Is Dead at 87, January 27, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karnow, Stanley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 2013 |