Journalist Stanley Karnow, who won Pulitzer for book on PHL, dies at age 87

Author and journalist Stanley Karnow, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his book on US involvement in the Philippines, died Sunday morning at his home in Potomac, Maryland. He was 87.

 

He died of congestive heart failure, Karnow's son Michael told the New York Times. 

 

Karnow produced books and documentaries about Vietnam and the Philippines, and in 1990 won the Pulitzer for History for "In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines." 

 

"This book has already been widely and justly acclaimed as the most comprehensive study yet to appear on U.S.-Philippine relations, as a good read, and as an absorbing history of the turbulent relationship between Washington and Manila since the United States was vaulted into the Philippines during the Spanish-American War," Donald S. Zagoria wrote in his review posted on the Foreign Affairs website. 

 

According to the New York Times, Karnow was a correspondent in Southeast Asia for over 30 years. "But he was best known for his books and documentaries," the New York Times said.

 

Accompanying the book "In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines," Karnow produced a three-part PBS documentary "The U.S. and the Philippines: In Our Imag." 

 

He also produced the bestselling book "Vietnam: A History," as well as the 13-hour PBS documentary "Vietnam: A Television History." —Carmela G. Lapeña/KG, GMA News