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In 1965, Gene Basset, a well-known political cartoonist, was sent to Vietnam
by his newspaper publishing syndicate. His assignment: to sketch scenes of the
increasingly controversial war in order to help the newspaper-reading public
better understand the events occurring in Southeast Asia.
In much the same way that M.A.S.H. gave viewers an irreverent, wry view of
war and its devastating effects on citizens as well as soldiers, Basset s sketches
portray the everyday, often mundane, aspects of wartime with an intimate touch
that eases access to the dark subject matter....

In 1965, Gene Basset, a well-known political cartoonist, was sent to Vietnam
by his newspaper publishing syndicate. His assignment: to sketch scenes of the
increasingly controversial war in order to help the newspaper-reading public
better understand the events occurring in Southeast Asia.
In much the same way that M.A.S.H. gave viewers an irreverent, wry view of
war and its devastating effects on citizens as well as soldiers, Basset s sketches
portray the everyday, often mundane, aspects of wartime with an intimate touch
that eases access to the dark subject matter....

In 1948, when Mrs. G., hospitalized with debilitating rheumatoid arthritis, became the first person to receive a mysterious new compound"cortisone"her physicians were awestruck by her transformation from enervated to energized. After eighteen years of biochemical research, the most intensively hunted biological agent of all time had finally been isolated, identified, synthesized, and put to the test. And it worked. But the discovery of a long-sought magic bullet came at an unanticipated cost in the form of strange side effects. This fascinating history recounts the discovery of cortisone...