Rebel journalism : the writings of Wilfred Burchett
"This book is an anthology of the writings of Wilfred Burchett, perhaps the greatest journalist and war correspondent Australia has ever produced. He was also one of the most controversial figures of the Cold War, both here and overseas. Burchett published more than 30 books, and this volume brings together extracts from most of these. The writings span the entire breadth of his career, from World War II, through Hiroshima, Eastern Europe, Korea, Russia, Laos, Cambodia, China, Vietnam, Angola, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and other areas from which Burchett reported. The book presents these documents of reportage mostly in chronological order, and thus serves not only as a significant historical overview of the period, but also as a reader in Cold War journalism."--Jacket
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xxi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780521718264, 0521718260
172979873
Foreword John Pilger; Foreword Gavan McCormack; 1. The Atomic Plague [1945]; 2. With Mick Griffith To The Plaine Des Lacs [1941]; 3. Who Is Wingate Anyway? [1944]; 4. The Trial Of Cardinal Mindszenty [1951]; 5. Liberty In Eastern Europe [1951]; 6. The Microbe War [1953]; 7. Koje Unscreened [1953]; 8. The Ball-Point Pen Murders [1954]; 9. South of the 17th Parallel [1954]; 10. Front-Line Village [1959]; 11. Welcome Home [1961]; 12. Gagarin: The First Interview With Western Journalists [1961]; 13. Virgin Lands [1962]; 14. Lilac And Outer Space [1962]; 15. War Against Trees [1963]; 16. The Tragedy Of South Vietnam's Ethnic Minorities [1964]; 17. Interview With General Vo Nguyen Giap (April 13, 1964); 18. A Fortified Hamlet [1965]; 19. Patriots and Mercenaries [1965]; 20. At Ground Level [1966]; 21. A Spurned Olive Branch [1967/1977]; 22. Personal Leader [1968]; 23. The Tet Of Peace [1973/1977]; 24. 'Something From Nothing' Township [1976]; 25. Evaluating The Past [1976]; 26. Mercenaries: British Export Model [1977]; 27. The Geneva Conference [1978]; 28. How To Be A Good Khmer Rouge [1981]; 29. China Prepares To Attack Vietnam [1981]; 30. Afterword [1983]
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