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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burchett, Wilfred G., 1911-1983, author.

Contributor:

Burchett, George, 1955- editor.

Shimmin, Nicholas L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalists--Biography.

Journalists.

Foreign correspondents--Australia.

Foreign correspondents.

War correspondents--Australia.

War correspondents.

Journalism--Australia.

Journalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 314 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an anthology of the writing 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 in Australia and overseas. Burchett published more than 30 books, and this volume brings together extracts from most of these, spanning the entire breadth of his career, from before World War 2, through Hiroshima, Eastern Europe, Korea, Russia, Laos, Cambodia, China, Vietnam, Angola, Rhodesia and other areas from which Burchett reported. The book presents these fields of reportage chronologically, and thus serves not only as a significant historical overview of the period, but also as a reader in Cold War journalism.

Contents:

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].

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17394-9

1-281-94454-8

0-511-45591-7

9786611944544

0-511-48165-9

0-511-45411-2

0-511-45721-9

0-511-45319-1

0-511-45515-1

OCLC:

437240848