Ann Bryan Mariano

A journalist, Mariano was sent by a German tabloid to cover the Vietnam war. Overseas Weekly delighted in uncovering problems, and reported on war profiteering, drug use by soldiers, officers dealing in the black market, racial discrimination in the ranks, and other hard-hitting topics. The U.S. military reacted by refusing to allow the publication on military bases. "Our only recourse was a lawsuit," Mariano said later. They lost the suit, which claimed the military violated the paper's First Amendment rights, but won on appeal. "Ann Bryan Mariano was the consummate investigative reporter during her years in Saigon," said Joe Galloway, a war correspondent and co-author of We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young. "She was the real deal." After the war, Mariano went back to Vietnam and helped her co-workers escape, and then was an editor at the Washington Post until she retired in 1996. She died February 25 from Alzheimer's disease at 76. From This is True for 8 March 2009 Suggestions for further reading: The Lotus Eaters: A Novel by Tatjana Soli Amazon Price: Customer Review: Helen Adams is not about to stay behind, whether it is for her own good or not. She, an American photojournalist, isn't a draftee forced to be in war-torn Vietnam. She is simply a driven woman with more ambition than prudence. Is a stunning photograp...   The Quiet American (Critical Library, Viking) by Graham Greene Amazon Price: $13.60 Customer Review: The Quiet American is a wonderful book that,to an American, probes at our treasured notion high-minded idealism and our spirit that has served us well at times and not so well at others. Greene's symbolism is telling and insightful, given that it was...   The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban by Sarah Chayes Amazon Price: $10.88 Customer Review: I believe the publishers misrepresented the book. The cover and reviews portray the work as an analysis of post-2001 Afghanistan, and an indictment of the errors of the US military and the Afghan government. The book focuses on the governor and poli...   Scoop by Evelyn Waugh Amazon Price: $10.19 Customer Review: A mildly amusing if dated satire on sensational journalism. It is also quite racist in the casual British manner. Our hero William Boot seems to have wandered out of a P.G. Wodehouse story, where he should have stayed, as he would have been a lot f...   Shooting War by Anthony Lappe, Dan Goldman Amazon Price: $11.19 Customer Review: The story focuses on Jimmy Burns a video-blogger who happens to "be where people are going to die." When he posts live footage of a Starbucks bombing to his site that is later aired by Global(the all terror network), he soon finds himself in Baghdad...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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