The First Casualty Phillip Knightly First Edition 1975 HC/DJ War Correspondent

Description: The First Casualty Phillip Knightly First Edition 1975 HC/DJ War Correspondent Previously owned The book is in good condition. Binding is still intact. The pages are clean. The dust jacket is missing pieces on front, back and side. Please see all pictures of dust jacket condition. The First Casualty: From the Crimea to Vietnam : The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist, and Myth Maker 1975 Stated First Edition First edition BCDE Please see pictures for closer inspection. Please contact me with any questions. Thank you! This is the story of war reporting, of war correspondents, and the legion of influences that can distort and obstruct efforts to report the truth. It tells of the war correspondent and his search for truth or his role as a propagandist for his, or another government "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 suppression.”

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