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Author Knightley, Phillip.

Title The first casualty : the war correspondent as hero and myth-maker from the Crimea to Kosovo / Phillip Knightley
Edition Revised edition / with a new introduction by John Pilger
Published London : Prion, 2000

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 W'PONDS  070.4333 Kni/Fct 2000  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 574 pages ; 22 cm
Summary This text is the history of war reporting, corresponding and the legion of influences that can distort and obstruct efforts to report the truth. Two new chapters on the Gulf war and Kosovo reveal how the role of the seeker of truth is in danger
Analysis Journalists
Mass media
Overseas item
War correspondents
Wars
Notes Previous ed.: London : Andre Deutsch, 1975
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject War correspondents.
Author Pilger, John.
LC no. 48016919
ISBN 1853753769 (paperback)