Rebel journalism : the writings of Wilfred Burchett / edited by George Burchett and Nick Shimmin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burchett, Wilfred G., 1911-1983.

Contributor:

Burchett, George, 1955-

Shimmin, Nicholas L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalists--Biography.

Journalists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 The Atomic Plague [1945] 1

2 With Mick Griffith to the Plaine des Lacs [1941] 6

3 Who Is Wingate Anyway? [1944] 17

4 The Trial of Cardinal Mindszenty [1951] 31

5 Liberty in Eastern Europe [1951] 44

6 The Microbe War [1953] 51

7 Koje Unscreened [1953] 69

8 The Ball-Point Pen Murders [1954] 79

9 South of the 17th Parallel [1955] 88

10 Front-Line Village [1959] 105

11 Welcome Home [1961] 115

12 Gagarin: The First Interview with Western Journalists [1961] 124

13 Virgin Lands [1962] 130

14 Lilac and Outer Space [1962] 139

15 War Against Trees [1963] 151

16 The Tragedy of South Vietnam's Ethnic Minorities [1964] 168

17 Interview with General Vo Nguyen Giap (April 13, 1964) 175

18 A Fortified Hamlet [1965] 183

19 Patriots and Mercenaries [1965] 190

20 At Ground Level [1966] 202

21 A Spurned Olive Branch [1967/1977] 216

22 Personal Leader [1968] 225

23 The Tet of Peace [1973/1977] 230

24 'Something from Nothing' Township [1976] 242

25 Evaluating the Past [1976] 252

26 Mercenaries: British Export Model [1977] 262

27 The Geneva Conference [1978] 271

28 How to be a Good Khmer Rouge [1981] 286

29 China Prepares to Attack Vietnam [1981] 296

30 Afterword [1983] 303.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 309) and index.

ISBN:

9780521718264

0521718260

OCLC:

172979873

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