Research Catalog

Title

Witnesses to war : the history of Australian conflict reporting / Fay Anderson and Richard Trembath.

Author

Anderson, Fay.

Publication

Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Pub., 2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

Trembath, Richard, 1955-

Description

ix, 501 p. [16] p. of plates. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

This is a landmark history of Australian war journalism that covers the major conflicts of the 20th Century: World War I, World War II, Vietnam and Bosnia through to recent and ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Subject

• Geschichte
• War correspondents > Australia
• Photojournalists > Australia
• War > Press coverage
• War in mass media
• Journalism, Military > Australia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-481) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in an electronic version via the Internet.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Colonial Conflicts: From the New Zealand Wars to the Boer War -- World War I: 'A Baptism of Fire' -- Between Two Wars: The Evolution of the Profession, 1918-1939 -- World War II: 'A Devil's Symphony' -- War on the Doorstep: The Pacific -- Cold War Conflicts and the Wars of Decolonisation -- 'From Our Correspondent': The Middle East, Africa and the Balkans -- 'Shock and Awe': The Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq.

ISBN

9780522856446 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010670805

OCLC

• 700012786
• SCSB-12815015

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library