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You Don't Belong Here

How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

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The long-buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the barriers to women covering war

Kate Webb, an Australian iconoclast, Catherine Leroy, a French daredevil photographer, and Frances FitzGerald, a blue-blood American intellectual, arrived in Vietnam with starkly different life experiences but one shared purpose: to report on the most consequential story of the decade. At a time when women were considered unfit to be foreign reporters, Frankie, Catherine, and Kate challenged the rules imposed on them by the military, ignored the belittlement of their male peers, and ultimately altered the craft of war reportage for generations.

In You Don’t Belong Here, Elizabeth Becker uses these women’s work and lives to illuminate the Vietnam War from the 1965 American buildup, the expansion into Cambodia, and the American defeat and its aftermath. Arriving herself in the last years of the war, Becker writes as a historian and a witness of the times.

What emerges is an unforgettable story of three journalists forging their place in a land of men, often at great personal sacrifice. Deeply reported and filled with personal letters, interviews, and profound insight, You Don’t Belong Here fills a void in the history of women and of war. Historical Journalists, Editors & Publishers Women Vietnam War Southeast Asia Wars & Conflicts War Asia Military Biographies & Memoirs Art & Literature China Imperial Japan
Fascinating History • Compelling Perspective • Smooth Narration • Important Insight • Thorough Understanding

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Excellent study of three female journalists enduring the sexism, devastation of war & fight to tell the truth and get published.

Fascinating

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Excellent history lesson that gave this male Viet Nam veteran an important insight into that war and the aftermath from a female perspective.

A Riveting Story

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This book is a truly fascinating look at three women who covered the war in Vietnam. My husband and I listened eagerly.

Fascinating history

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This book held me spellbound. Everyone needs to know about these brave woman. A must read.

A great Story

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This is an interesting book if you’re interested in the history of the American involvement in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Lisa Flanagans’s performance, however, while generally smooth and intelligent and easy to listen to, is marred by frequent mispronunciations such as “Pyoo-litzer” rather than “Pull-it-Sir” (as the Pulitzer family pronounced it), and a bevy of phrases in french. Since french comes up a lot in a story mostly situated in Vietnam, Ms Flanagan might take some time learning proper french pronunciation. Typical errors are pronouncing “de” as “day” rather than “duh,” or really any word that contains the e vowel, in its various forms, which she seems to guess at. It’s pretty grating since it comes up every other page. She might do well to take a little course in french pronunciation because she’s such a good reader, it’s a shame.

I also found Becker’s need to reassure us that her heroines were very attractive women was in itself sexist. If she were describing men, she wouldn’t keep telling readers what they were wearing and how great their figures were. I found it instrusive and grating.

All in all it’s an interesting book, adding a layer of detail to the general knowledge those of us who lived through that period already probably possess. These extraordinary women set an example for female, indeed all, journalists to follow.

Good book for Vietnam buffs

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