H.D.S. Greenway has reported from 96 countries, and covered conflicts in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and the former Yugoslavia. He has been a contributing columnist for The Boston Globe, The International Herald Tribune, and Global Post, and has been a foreign correspondent for The Washington Post and Time magazine. He lives with his wife, JB Greenway, in Needham, Massachusetts.
"An excellent primer to America's history . . . it's also
guaranteed to whet any budding, young journalist's desire to cover
war in far-flung places." * Associated Press *
"Passages such as that one-and there are indeed others-are what
elevate `Foreign Correspondent' well above the run of the
journalistic mill. It's easy for journalism to turn one into a
cynic, but Greenway seems not to have succumbed." -- Jonathan
Yardley * the Washington Post *
"Greenway's firsthand experiences add gravitas to his common-sense
take on foreign policy. The real strengths of the book, however,
are the vivid descriptions of life during wartime." * Publishers
Weekly *
"Greenway tells his story with freshness and color, and becoming
touches of humility." * Columbia Journalism Review *
"With an astute sense of the broader history behind conflicts,
Greenway explores the harrowing process of shaking off colonial
European powers and fighting for freedom and independence. ... [A]
fascinating look at one man's career and 50 years of war, violence,
and adventure." * Booklist *
"Greenway provides fascinating detail on the day-to-day travails of
the foreign correspondent... Frank, seasoned, expert observations
on the folly of U.S. military intervention." * Kirkus Reviews *
"[Greenway] doesn't just tell war stories (of which he has a
million), but he observes the world and analyzes the way it has
changed, and continues to change. All of this is delivered in the
steady, clear prose of a veteran writer for the Boston Globe and
Washington Post. It's a book to make you fall in love with
newspapers all over again." * Minneapolis Star-Tribune *
"...should be read by journalism students everywhere....Greenway
gives a sense of reporting in an era when journalists were truly
`correspondents,' sending dispatches to bridge a gap in distance
and time. He attentively distinguishes the various cultures of
Southeast Asia-Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and, of course, Vietnam. He
stayed there until the final day." * The Wall Street Journal *
"Now we have a memoir that takes the title of Hitchcock's film and
provides a thought-provoking counterpoint to it...Greenway's memoir
is liberally peppered with happy recollections of comradery with
fellow correspondents, to whom he throws many bouquets. If these
enliven the story, the book's chief virtue lies in being a succinct
primer on post-World War II American foreign policy." * Boston
Globe *
"Greenway has taken a second crack at a `first draft of history'
and given us a riveting, smart memoir filled with anecdotes and
observations that come from years of reflection. He lets us in on
the great secret of a war correspondent. A story is always more
devious and complicated than the one written on deadline. Greenway
now gives us the real scoop with humor and intelligence; a
perspective that comes from mining his dog-eared reporter's
notebooks, some still flecked with dried blood and sweat. He has
found remarkable stories. In the White House on the day of the
Kennedy assassination, on the last flight out of Vietnam from the
roof of the US embassy, Greenway was an eye-witness to momentous
events. Fast-forward to Kabul and Baghdad where he observed the
chaos of capitals collapsing into civil war. Greenway expands on
the skills of a gifted war correspondent to write his personal
account of remarkable history." -- Deborah Amos, author of Eclipse
of the Sunnis
"This is more than a memoir . . . it is a sophisticated modern
history, with all of our foreign policy ignorance and
misunderstanding etched in printer's ink. Greenway, whose reportage
and later columns were always essential for people in my business,
reminds us of what we are missing in these days of dwindling
American interest in foreign affairs and dwindling coverage. How
many Americans even know where foreign is? The guy always had
information, guts . . . and style . . . and now he has produced an
essential running commentary of our time." -- Seymour Hersh, author
of The Dark Side of Camelot
"Greenway stands out among veteran correspondents for the range of
his experience and his gifts as a raconteur. He is a splendid
companion. Foreign Correspondent is packed with adventures
and close calls. It is also an inquiry into why American power so
often goes awry." -- Joseph Lelyveld, author of Great Soul
"The central story of our time, David Greenway writes, is of
`America stepping into other people's empires.' Greenway spent a
half-century covering that story with insight, panache, and no
small amount of courage. In this vividly written memoir, ranging
from Southeast Asia to the Middle East, he recounts his adventures
and misadventures, while deftly portraying the cast of colorful
characters-above all his fellow foreign correspondents-encountered
along the way. The result is a riveting book." -- Andrew J.
Bacevich, professor of history and international relations, Boston
University
"Greenway is one of America's greatest reporters. Covering the wars
in Vietnam, the Middle East, and the Balkans with courage and
honesty, he set the standard which many others seek to meet. It is
a gift that he has now written his long overdue memoir. Gripping,
lucid, thoughtful, it will be a classic. It should encourage
another generation to follow his lead-to go out and discover and
tell the truth about difficult decisions in distant, dangerous
places and honor the profession of journalism." -- William
Shawcross, author of Sideshow and Justice and the Enemy
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