by Brandon Souza, AgCareers.com
Western Account Manager
Scott Tinker has been named
Western account manager.
Drawing upon Vietnamese-language sources never previously employed in
Western accounts of the siege, "Valley of the Shadow: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu" by Kevin Boylan and Luc Olivier is a dramatic re-telling of the climactic battle of the First Indochina War, the conflict that saw the French expelled from their former colony and set the stage for the "American War" in Vietnam.
Even more than a 100 years after the war, it is not well-known that millions of Indian soldiers fought in the war because historical archives tend to focus on European and
Western accounts, completely silencing the narratives of the Indian soldiers.
As for the impact that this had on the perceived vulnerabilities of Australia and India, this is probably something that is understated in the other
Western accounts and Britts, as an Australian, is in the right place to redress this balance.
In terms of genre, the book stands between "professional historical scholarship" and "popular history." The author has researched a good deal of Western archival material as well as contemporary
Western accounts. However, he does not discuss what, if any, the book's original contribution to current scholarship might be.
Iran's Judiciary released documents Saturday that were shown in the video, some of which challenge the
Western accounts about Zaghari-Ratcliffe's employment.
Western accounts, however, tell only one side of the story.
He is particularly drawn to the Crow, a tribe usually overlooked in
western accounts and often denigrated for their allegiance to the United States Army that used them as effective scouts.
Also it behooves the author to locate authentic texts from India on the subject of Yoga and Ayurveda rather than simply relying on
Western accounts. This book will have some utility for people struggling with addiction and those helping people with addiction.
More surprising perhaps (in view of some conventional
Western accounts) he argues that much of Karakallou's artwork was not executed by 'in house' painter-monks, or even by local Athonite ateliers, but imported, especially in the 18th and 19th Centuries, from as far as Limnos and Albania and latterly even showing the influence of the German Nazarenes.
The book is a valuable departure from a body of literature dominated by
Western accounts of new media opportunity.
