Richard David Boyle (March 26, 1942 – September 1, 2016) was a journalist, photographer, and author from the United States. He wrote the 1972 book ''Flower of the Dragon: The Breakdown of the U. S. Army in Vietnam: An Eyewitness Account of the Day-to-Day Environment of American Soldiers in Vietnam.'' He co-wrote the 1986 movie '' Salvador'' with

Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born ) is an American filmmaker. Stone is an acclaimed director, tackling subjects ranging from the Vietnam War and American politics to musical film, musical Biographical film, biopics and Crime film, crime dramas. He has ...

. He covered the revolution in Cambodia,

The Troubles The Troubles () were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed t ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

and the civil war in Lebanon. In the

Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the French Union, with it ...

, he documented the resistance of U.S. troops against the war. ''Salvador'' was nominated for two

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in ...

: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Woods) and

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best ...

(Stone and Boyle). Boyle was played in ''Salvador'' by

James Woods James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor. Known for fast-talking, intense roles on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including three Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for t ...

and the cast included Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy and John Savage. He taught journalism in Southern California colleges. He also ran as a gadfly for public office, including for Supervisor and City Treasurer in San Francisco, the latter two runs in 1977, and for the 42nd District of the California State Assembly in 1988.Escaping the Shadow of the Silver Screen : ‘Salvador’ Portrayal Dogs Screenwriter in Bid for Assembly Seat
''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...

'', Mike Ward, September 15, 1988. Retrieved September 21, 2019. He died in the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

while covering the beginning of the reign of President

Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the first Philippine president from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assum ...

Publications

* ''Flower of the Dragon: The Breakdown of the U. S. Army in Vietnam—An Eyewitness Account of the Day-to-Day Environment of American Soldiers in Vietnam.'' San Francisco, Calif.: Ramparts Press (1972). .
''GI Revolts: The Breakdown of the U.S. Army in Vietnam''.
San Francisco, Calif.: United Front Press (May 1973).
"The Strange Death of Clay Shaw."
''True'' (Apr. 1975), pp. 54-57, 78-79.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyle, Richard David American war correspondents 1942 births 2016 deaths Journalists from San Francisco 20th-century American journalists American male journalists 21st-century American journalists 20th-century American non-fiction writers American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers