Harrison Evans Salisbury (November 14, 1908 – July 5, 1993), an American journalist, was the first regular New York Times correspondent in Moscow after World War II. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers
Salisbury was the first mainstream, well-known and respected journalist to oppose the Vietnam War after visiting North Vietnam in 1966 (as opposed to the often criticized David Halberstam). The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia David Halberstam ( April 10 1934 – April 23 2007) was an American Pulitzer Prize -winning Journalist He took much heat from the Johnson Administration and the political Right, but his previous standards of objectivity helped to sway journalistic opinion against the war. He is interviewed in the anti-Vietnam War documentary film In the Year of the Pig. In the Year of the Pig is a 1968 documentary film about the origins of the Vietnam War, directed by Emile de Antonio.
He has written numerous books, including American in Russia (1955) and Behind the Lines—Hanoi (1967). His other books include Orbit of China (1967), War Between Russia and China (1969), The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad (1969), Black Night, White Snow: Russia's Revolutions 1905-1917 (1978), Without Fear or Favor: The New York Times and Its Times (1980), Journey For Our Times (autobiographical, 1983), China: 100 Years of Revolution, (1983), The Long March: The Untold Story (1985), Tianamen Diary: Thirteen Days in June (1989), The New Emperors: China in the Era of Mao and Deng (1992) and his last, Heroes of My Time (1993).
Salisbury was an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA is a distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts of America ( BSA) is the largest youth organization in the United States with over five million
He twice (in 1957 and 1966) received the George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting. The George Polk Awards are a series of American journalism awards issued annually by Long Island University in Brooklyn.
External links
- Harrison Salisbury papers at Columbia University
- 1989 audio interview of Harrison Salisbury, RealAudio at Wired for Books. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Wired for Books is an online educational project of the WOUB Center for Public Media at Ohio University in Athens Ohio.
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