Anyone Here Been Raped and Speaks English? [Paperback]

Edward Behr (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1985

An account of Edward Behr's time in China and South East Asia during the 60s and 70s.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: New English Library Ltd; New edition edition (January 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0450053601
• ISBN-13: 978-0450053603
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #436,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great journalist view of history, February 10, 2004

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Rick Bruner "Internet marketing guy" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anyone Here Been Raped and Speaks English? (Paperback)

Just finishing it. I ate it up, reading 40+ pages a night, which is a lot for me. Great insider view into history of wars in India (WWII era), Algeria and Vietnam. Also, really good insights into how journalists *really* see the world they report on. Thoroughly enjoyable memoir of one who lived life on the front line.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dry in parts, September 29, 2003

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Shimmertje (Muscat, Oman) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anyone Here Been Raped and Speaks English? (Paperback)

I picked this book up hoping it would be an expose of journalism. Mr Behr does include a few snippets, but I got mired in a lot of political analysis, and couldn't finish the book. This is a great book if you like wars and want to understand what went on behind the scenes from a journalists' point of view. I'm just not the political type.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting as both political and journalism history, February 6, 2010

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Jonathan H. Stone (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anyone Here Been Raped and Speaks English? (Paperback)

Behr certainly covered a series of conflicts, mostly tribal or sectarian, but viewed through a cold war lens. His writing gives a glimpse into the events on the ground as well as some insight into the journalism industry. It's a both a relief and a reproof that reportage was sensational long before FoxNews was a cable outlet. If you have an interest in cold war history or combat conflict journalism, this memoir is for you.

Best for people who enjoy: military memoirs ("Quartered Safe Out Here", "Goodbye Darkness") or the movies, "Under Fire", "Salvador" and "The Year of Living Dangerously".