116207To Tell the Truthhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/to-tell-the-truth-5/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1736978/d4d523a0-43a6-4cb1-a9ad-56f350e1454d.jpg?v=638338852739470000513513MXNGandhiInStock/Audiolibros/Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Lewis M. Simons recollects his fifty years as a foreign correspondent, one whose powerful stories contributed to transforming Asia from Vietnam War-era basket case to a global boomtown that today rivals the United States.Simonss investigative work led to the toppling of a dictator in the Philippines. He covered the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, bloody coups in Thailand, attempted genocide and societal collapse in Cambodia, and economic advance, decline, and rebirth in Japan. He was expelled from India for his exclusive reporting on Prime Minister Indira Gandhis political misuse of the armed forces. Breaking his own strict rule against becoming personally involved with people whose stories he covered, he saved the life of a dying teenaged Tibetan Buddhist monk.Simons molds the narrative of his lengthy, action-packed career from foxhole mud and backroom dirt. Layered with moments of tenderness and humor, as his camp-following family often accompanies him, the result is a masterful chronicle of war and murder; extreme poverty and suffering alongside repellent wealth and indulgence; wholesale larceny and ruling-class corruptionmuch of which escaped the scrutiny of other journalists. Listeners who appreciate real-life historic drama will be enthralled....116369To Tell the Truth513513https://www.gandhi.com.mx/to-tell-the-truth-5/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1736978/d4d523a0-43a6-4cb1-a9ad-56f350e1454d.jpg?v=638338852739470000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20239798350835441_W3siaWQiOiI5NWQzMDVjMy01OThiLTRiZWQtYjhjMi01ZTk5ZmNlYzFiYjkiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjUwMCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6NTAwLCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNC0xMi0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlLCJpc0VsaWdpYmxlRm9yQ3JlZGl0VHJpYWwiOnRydWUsImNyZWRpdFB1cmNoYXNlUHJpY2UiOjF9XQ==9798350835441_Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Lewis M. Simons recollects his fifty years as a foreign correspondent, one whose powerful stories contributed to transforming Asia from Vietnam War-era basket case to a global boomtown that today rivals the United States. Simonss investigative work led to the toppling of a dictator in the Philippines. He covered the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, bloody coups in Thailand, attempted genocide and societal collapse in Cambodia, and economic advance, decline, and rebirth in Japan. He was expelled from India for his exclusive reporting on Prime Minister Indira Gandhis political misuse of the armed forces. Breaking his own strict rule against becoming personally involved with people whose stories he covered, he saved the life of a dying teenaged Tibetan Buddhist monk. Simons molds the narrative of his lengthy, action-packed career from foxhole mud and backroom dirt. Layered with moments of tenderness and humor, as his camp-following family often accompanies him, the result is a masterful chronicle of war and murder; extreme poverty and suffering alongside repellent wealth and indulgence; wholesale larceny and ruling-class corruption-much of which escaped the scrutiny of other journalists. Listeners who appreciate real-life historic drama will be enthralled....9798350835441_Tantor Media, Inc.audiolibro_29798448-c82c-35dc-9480-06618ab48b1b_9798350835441;9798350835441_9798350835441Lewis M.InglésMéxicoNoMINUTE2023-06-13T00:00:00+00:00Tantor Media, Inc.