Robin Moore became one of the first true embedded journalists by training with and fighting alongside the Green Berets in Vietnam. Though fictionalized, his work is an eye-opening exposé of the horrors of the Vietnam War and the basis for the hit John Wayne movie of the same title. Taut, fast-paced,...
It was discussed as the basis for a John Wayne movie that Jack Idema enjoyed as a child, and was written after the author completed special forces training.
"
He was the only US journalist who ever had a real in depth embed with US special forces, Robin Moore. Now more was the author of the book The Green Berets which that John Wayne movie that Jack Adima h...
— Episode: Part Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror'...
Episode: Part Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest...
It was discussed as the basis for a John Wayne movie that Jack Idema enjoyed as a child, and was written after the author completed special forces training.
"
He was the only US journalist who ever had a real in depth embed with US special forces, Robin Moore. Now more was the author of the book The Green Berets which that John Wayne movie that Jack Adima had loved as a kid was based on.
And in order to write the Green Berets more it had to do something no civilian journalist had ever done. He was through special forces training and qualification and like qualified as a Green Beret.
Episode: Part Three: John Wayne: A Dude Who Sucked
It was a best-selling book that was adapted into a movie, and it was initially written as fiction to avoid revealing military secrets. It also became a source of contention between the government and Robin Moore.
"
He writes this book, The Green Berets, which is like it's like on the bestseller list for more than a year. It's a huge hit.
And he publishes this book as a fiction book because he has to do that in order to pretend he's not giving away operational secrets.
The government considers prosecuting him because he's writing about a bunch of shit he shouldn't be writing about.
Episode: Part Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest...
It was discussed as the basis for a John Wayne film that Jack Idema enjoyed as a child. It was also mentioned that Robin Moore underwent special forces training to write the book.
"
Now more was the author of the book The Green Berets which that John Wayne movie that Jack Adima had loved as a kid was based on.
Episode: Part Three: John Wayne: A Dude Who Sucked
It was a best-selling book that John Wayne purchased the film rights to, making a pro-war movie about the Vietnam War to increase public support. The government did not prosecute the author, possibly due to Wayne's involvement.
"
He writes this book, The Green Berets, which is like it's like on the bestseller list for more than a year. It's a huge hit.
And the reason one of the reasons apparently that they don't go through prosecuting him is that John Wayne buys the film rights from Robin Moore in order to make a movie.
He basically says I want to make the first pro war movie about the Vietnam War to try and build public support for this thing.
Episode: Part Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest...
It was discussed as the basis for a John Wayne film that Jack Idema enjoyed as a child, and it was mentioned that the author underwent special forces training to write the book.
"
Now more was the author of the book The Green Berets which that John Wayne movie that Jack Adima had loved as a kid was based on.
Episode: Part Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest...
It was mentioned as the book that inspired a John Wayne movie and that Jack Idema loved as a child. Robin Moore, the author, also underwent Green Beret training to write it.
"
Now more was the author of the book The Green Berets which that John Wayne movie that Jack Adima had loved as a kid was based on.
And in order to write the Green Berets more it had to do something no civilian journalist had ever done. He was through special forces training and qualification and like qualified as a Green Beret.
Note: The book recommendations on this page are discovered automatically from podcast transcripts, and may be incorrect or incomplete.
