The Indochina Chronicles: Travels in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
"The Indochina Chronicles" is a rare blend of history, war remembrance and modern observation driven by a deep desire to understand the culture, needs and desires of the nations that suffered the tragic consequences from a lack of understanding. --- Kay Johnson, Vietnam correspondent, Time magazine.From old Viet Cong guerrillas to the new tycoons of Saigon, from hookers and highwaymen to bartenders and ambassadors, Phil Karber has met them all and has a drink with most. Nobody knows the red states of Indochina better than Phil Karber. His new book is sweeping, provocative and poignant. --Mark McDonald, Foreign Correspondent, Knight RidderPhil Karber's wonderful book is intimate, informed, colorful, and, most of all, real, a marvelous tour, literal and figurative, of the Southeast Asian landscape. --Richard Bernstein, Berlin Bureau Chief, New York Times