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The First Casualty The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to Iraq

Paperback • 2004 • English • 3. edition

The First Casualty The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to Iraq

By Phillip Knightley

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About the book

"The first casualty when war comes, is truth," said American Senator Hiram Johnson in 1917. In his gripping, now-classic history of war journalism, Phillip Knightley shows just how right Johnson was. From William Howard Russell, who described the appalling conditions of the Crimean War in the Times of London, to the ranks of reporters, photographers, and cameramen who captured the realities of war in Vietnam, The First Casualty tells a fascinating story of heroism and collusion, censorship and s...Show more

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ISBN

9780801880308

Publisher

JHU Press

Published year

2004

Language

English

Edition

3

Original title

The First Casualty The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to Iraq

Format

Paperback

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