Gone Crazy and Back Again by Robert Sam Anson

The most engrossing pages recount Anson's experiences when he was captured by members of the Viet Cong and held for several weeks. The author neatly balances objective reporting with subjective reactions the result is a work that is multilayered and resonant. Anson captures not only the Vietnamese and Cambodian battles, but also the atmosphere that prevailed in Saigon and Phnom Penh during the conflict. Derived from a Kirkus Review: A gripping account of the Indochina war, written with immense power and disarming candor by a former correspondent for Time. His 1981 Esquire cover story on Doug Kenney, 'The Life and Death of a Comic Genius,' was the first major print remembrance of the National Lampoon humorist. Anson has also contributed to Esquire, Life, and Mademoiselle.

Anson wrote of his experience in War News: A Young Reporter in Indochina.

He avoided execution after convincing his captors that he was a journalist. On August 3, 1970, he was taken prisoner by North Vietnamese troop and held by the North Vietnamese and the Khmer Rouge as a prisoner of war. He spent six months covering the buildup to the war in Cambodia. Anson covered the Vietnam War for Time, beginning in 1969. He is the author of six nonfiction books, including Gone Crazy and Back Again: The Rise and Fall of the Rolling Stone Generation, about Jann Wenner and his magazine. He has been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 1995. Robert Sam Anson (born 1945) is an American journalist and author.

Gone Crazy and Back Again by Robert Sam Anson