Richard Boyle.

About Richard Boyle

Richard David Boyle 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. He covered the revolution in Cambodia, The Troubles in Ireland, and the Civil War in Lebanon. In the Republic of Vietnam, he documented the resistance of U.S. troops against the Vietnam War.