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Update: November 24, 2014<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting<\/strong> by Beverly Deepe Keever<\/strong> was announced as the winning selection for the 2015 One Book One Nebraska reading program. The book will be read by Nebraskans across the state in an effort to promote a culture of reading and discussion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“Death Zones and Darling Spies<\/strong> was the committee’s choice based on Keever’s compelling prose and ability to analyze complex historical\/political contexts to provide insight into America’s military and financial involvement in Vietnam,” said Rebecca Faber, chair of the One Book One Nebraska selection committee. “Her Nebraska background provided a tie to the response of Americans at home who were trying to comprehend a war like no other in which the United States had been involved”<\/p>\n

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Death Zones and Darling Spies<\/em><\/a>, the memoirs of American Vietnam War correspondent and University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> Professor Emerita Beverly Deepe Keever<\/strong>, has been selected as a finalist for the One Book One Nebraska reading program<\/a>. One Book One Nebraska highlights books written by Nebraskan authors or have a Nebraska theme or setting. A native of Nebraska, Keever’s memoir is one of four nonfiction books and three novels chosen for 2015.<\/p>\n

Now in its eleventh year, One Book One Nebraska encourages Nebraskans from across the state to read and discuss the same book. A committee of the Nebraska Center for the Book will vote on the 2015 selection and will announce the winner at the Celebration of Nebraska Books on November 8.<\/p>\n

Keever’s memoirs chronicle her experiences covering the Vietnam War, providing today’s readers with a raw glimpse of life during one of the nation’s most brutal wars. Death Zones and Darling Spies<\/em>, published in 2013, received widespread praise from reviewers across the nation. Keever, a pulitzer prize-nominated journalist, is honored by the selection.<\/p>\n

“My memoirs might be more relevant now than at any time during the past half century as Vietnam’s shadow is cast more starkly over the United States’ current so-called war on terror in the Middle East region,” said Keever. “The book might give readers a lens through which to understand today’s tragic events in the Middle East region.”<\/p>\n