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War. Hunh. What’s It Good For.

The Village of Ben Suc by Jonathan Schell

June 8, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Since my high school days, I have been a stanch advocate of magazines.  Fashion, of course, at least back in the day.  (Ah, Seventeen, you were a teen age dream.)  But many others as well.  Fought my way through many a Scientific American.  Roamed the world with National Geographic.  All the generic news magazines, (was definitely Team Time) as well as many of the more partisan sort, although many wussed out as years went by.  But my one tried and true was The New Yorker.  […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Don't ask why just follow orders, Embedded correspondent, Jonathan Schell, New Yorker magazine, Nobody has a clue, Nobody has a plan, Viet Nam War - early years

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:28 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Don't ask why just follow orders, Embedded correspondent, Jonathan Schell, New Yorker magazine, Nobody has a clue, Nobody has a plan, Viet Nam War - early years ·
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