Cat from Hue

John Laurence reported the Vietnam War for CBS News from 1965 to 1970 and was judged by his colleagues to be the best television reporter of the war. His film documentary about a squad of U.S. troops, The World of Charlie Company, received every major award for broadcast journalism. In this evocative, unflinching memoir, laced with humor, anger and love, Laurence writes about coming of age during the war years as a journalist and as a man. The Cat from Hue is filled with stories about extraordinary human behavior, famous people and unknown soldiers, the worlds of the American grunt and Vietnamese civilian, incredible humanity and courage, corruption and cowardice, and the personal price of survival and sanity. Along the way, it clarifies the murky history of the war and the role that journalists played in altering its course.Laurence, John is the author of 'Cat from Hue' with ISBN 9781586481605 and ISBN 1586481606.