Published by Atelier EXB. This book is a first-person account of the three years that Catherine Leroy spent covering the war that America delved into, and in which it got bogged down, eleven years after France faced defeat at Dien Bien Phu. In 1966, at the age of 21, Catherine Leroy walks away from a bourgeois life in Paris and a career as a classical music pianist to buy a one way ticket to Saigon. Barely 5ft (152 cm) tall, she has $100, a parachute license, a camera, and an ambition to photograph the human side of the war escalating between North and South Vietnam. The Vietnam war saw almost 500 journalists recording the impact of fighting on the military and local people. It would become the first war to be televised and the first to have a significant impact on public opinion, influencing popular culture through music, films, and literature. Vietnam sparked massive demonstrations and a growing disillusionment, which questioned authority and the allies’ involvement in the war. In some countries, it would take more than a decade for the returned servicemen to be recognised as veterans of a war and allowed to march with other soldiers. From 1966–1968, Catherine’s striking visual images gained acclaim, and she would be recognised as one of the most significant combat still photographers, one of few women covering the war in Vietnam. After Vietnam, Catherine continued to document conflicts and the human face of war in Lebanon, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Libya until the early 1990s.   Please note: Delivery is limited to Australia only. For an international shipping quote, please contact info@ballaratfoto.org