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The first casualty : the war correspondent as hero and myth-maker from the Crimea to Iraq

Title
The first casualty : the war correspondent as hero and myth-maker from the Crimea to Iraq / Phillip Knightley.
Author
Knightley, Phillip.
Publication
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
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Description
xiii, 594 p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • War > Press coverage
  • War correspondents
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-552) and index.
Contents
"The miserable parent of a luckless tribe" 1854-1856 -- The first challenge 1861-1865 -- The golden age 1865-1914 -- Quite another game 1899-1902 -- The last war 1914-1918 -- Enter America 1917-1918 -- The remedy for bolshevism in bullets 1917-1919 -- The real scoop 1935-1936 -- Commitment in Spain 1936-1939 -- "Their finest hour" 1939-1941 -- The struggle for mother Russia 1941-1945 -- Remember Pearl Harbor 1937-1945 -- Never again 1940-1945 -- Korea, the United Nations' war 1950-1953 -- Algeria is French 1954-1962 -- Vietnam 1954-1975 -- War is fun 1954-1975 -- Britannia rules the news 1975-1989 -- The deadly video game 1990-1991 -- The military's final victory March-June, 1999 -- No more heroes March-April, 2003.
Call Number
JFD 05-12430
ISBN
0801880300 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004010945
OCLC
55138599
Author
Knightley, Phillip.
Title
The first casualty : the war correspondent as hero and myth-maker from the Crimea to Iraq / Phillip Knightley.
Imprint
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
Edition
3rd ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-552) and index.
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Publisher description
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JFD 05-12430
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