Charlie Wilson's War: Separating Fact From Fiction
Introducing Joanne Herring
Wilson’s relationship with the Southern belle Joanne Herring acted as a further catalyst in the evolution of aid in Afghanistan.
Born as Joanne Johnston in Houston, Texas (1929), Herring studied at the University of Austin, but left after a year. Thrice married, she was labelled a ‘party girl’ and is still famed within Texan society for her 30th birthday party, which was said by some to have been a ‘Roman orgy’. Parallels have been drawn between her, Scarlett O’Hara and Dolly Parton.
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Herring became involved in the politics of Afghanistan upon marrying oil tycoon Robert Herring. Mr Herring was offered the post of roving honorary consul representing Pakistan in America – an offer which he handed down to his wife. The post involved extensive travel to Pakistan and Joanne Herring found herself becoming very well acquainted with the region at a time when the troubles were surfacing.
In 1979 – just months after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan – Herring smuggled herself across the border from Pakistan in order to collect footage of their atrocities. In an interview for The Daily Telegraph, Herring remarked: “Many times I wondered what a nice girl from Texas was doing in a place like that. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would have ended up in the underbelly of the world fighting the demons of communism.” Yet this footage later proved fundamental. When romance blossomed between her and Charlie Wilson in the early 1980s, Herring showed it to him.
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Wilson’s relationship with the Southern belle Joanne Herring acted as a further catalyst in the evolution of aid in Afghanistan.
Born as Joanne Johnston in Houston, Texas (1929), Herring studied at the University of Austin, but left after a year. Thrice married, she was labelled a ‘party girl’ and is still famed within Texan society for her 30th birthday party, which was said by some to have been a ‘Roman orgy’. Parallels have been drawn between her, Scarlett O’Hara and Dolly Parton.
JULIA ROBERTS TALKS ABOUT HER ROLE
EXCLUSIVE CLIP FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES
CLICK HERE FOR MORE ABOUT JULIA
Herring became involved in the politics of Afghanistan upon marrying oil tycoon Robert Herring. Mr Herring was offered the post of roving honorary consul representing Pakistan in America – an offer which he handed down to his wife. The post involved extensive travel to Pakistan and Joanne Herring found herself becoming very well acquainted with the region at a time when the troubles were surfacing.
In 1979 – just months after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan – Herring smuggled herself across the border from Pakistan in order to collect footage of their atrocities. In an interview for The Daily Telegraph, Herring remarked: “Many times I wondered what a nice girl from Texas was doing in a place like that. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would have ended up in the underbelly of the world fighting the demons of communism.” Yet this footage later proved fundamental. When romance blossomed between her and Charlie Wilson in the early 1980s, Herring showed it to him.
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