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Gene Basset's Vietnam Sketchbook - A Cartoonist's Wartime Perspective (Paperback)
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Gene Basset's Vietnam Sketchbook - A Cartoonist's Wartime Perspective (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 190
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In 1965, Gene Basset, a well-known political cartoonist, was sent
to Vietnam by his newspaper publishing syndicate. His assignment:
to sketch scenes of the increasingly controversial war in order to
help the newspaper-reading public better understand the events
occurring in Southeast Asia. In much the same way that M.A.S.H.
gave viewers an irreverent, wry view of war and its devastating
effects on citizens as well as soldiers, Basset's sketches portray
the everyday, often mundane, aspects of wartime with an intimate
touch that eases access to the dark subject matter. In this
affectionately curated collection, author, doctor, and longtime
friend of the artist, Thom Rooke, deftly leads us through more than
eighty of Basset's cartoons, organizing his insights according to
the well-known stages of grief, from denial to acceptance, and
demonstrating how Basset's images convey moments of trauma, coping,
and healing. From scenes of American GIs haggling with Vietnamese
street vendors to a medic dressing the wounds of a wide-eyed
soldier, Basset's endearing sketches and Rooke's friendly prose
humanize life during wartime. The seriocomic vignettes and analyses
are delivered with wit, compassion, and subtle charm sure to please
academic, artistic, and casual readers alike.
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