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Author Knightley, Phillip.

Title The first casualty : the war correspondent as hero and myth-maker from the Crimea to Iraq / Phillip Knightley ; with an introduction by John Pilger
Edition Updated edition
Published London : André Deutsch, 2003

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 W'PONDS  070.4333 Kni/Fct 2003  AVAILABLE
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Description xiii, 594 pages ; 20 cm
Contents 1. "The Miserable Parent of a Luckless Tribe" 1854-1856 -- 2. The First Challenge 1861-1865 -- 3. The Golden Age 1865-1914 -- 4. Quite Another Game 1899-1902 -- 5. The Last War 1914-1918 -- 6. Enter America 1917-1918 -- 7. The Remedy for Bolshevism is Bullets 1917-1919 -- 8. The Real Scoop 1935-1936 -- 9. Commitment in Spain 1936-1939 -- 10. "Their Finest Hour" 1939-1941 -- 11. The Struggle for Mother Russia 1941-1945 -- 12. Remember Pearl Harbour 1937-1945 -- 13. Never Again 1940-1945 -- 14. Korea, the United Nations' War 1950-1953 -- 15. Algeria is French 1954-1962 -- 16. Vietnam 1954-1975 -- 17. War is Fun 1954-1975 -- 18. Britannia Rules the News 1975-1989 -- 19. The Deadly Video Game 1990-1991 -- 20. The Military's Final Victory March-June, 1999 -- 21. No More Heroes March-May, 2003
Notes Originally published: London : Prion Books, 1975
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-552) and index
Subject War correspondents.
War -- Press coverage.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 0233000550
Other Titles In war, truth is the first casualty : the war correspondent as hero, propagandist and myth-maker from the Crimea to Iraq