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Vietnam on Trial: Westmoreland vs. CBS by Bob Brewin and Sydney Shaw is a detailed, journalist’s-eye account of the landmark 1980s libel lawsuit brought by General William Westmoreland against CBS News.This is the trial that forced the public release of the Pentagon Papers!
The book follows the full story: the making of CBS’s controversial 1982 documentary The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception, the heated allegations of intelligence manipulation during the war, and the high-profile trial that followed. Brewin and Shaw provide a clear, step-by-step examination of the evidence, testimonies, legal strategies, and broader issues of media accountability and military honesty that made the case a significant chapter in both Vietnam War history and First Amendment law.
This fits well alongside your other Vietnam-related titles, such as a squad leader’s memoir, offering a different angle — one centered on postwar reckoning, intelligence debates, and media-military tensions. It’s a solid addition for readers interested in the political and institutional side of the conflict.
This book is in very good condition and free of major flaws.
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