|
Books > History > World history > From 1900
|
Buy Now
Reporting the Retreat - War Correspondents in Burma (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R589
Discovery Miles 5 890
|
|
|
Reporting the Retreat - War Correspondents in Burma (Hardcover)
 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R589
Discovery Miles 5 890
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
The British defeat in Burma at the hands of the Japanese in 1942
marked the longest retreat in British army history and the onset of
its most drawn-out campaign of World War II. It also marked the
beginning of the end of British rule, not only in Burma but also in
south and south-east Asia. There have been many studies of military
and civilian experiences during the retreat but this is the first
book to look at the way the campaign was represented in the Western
media: newspapers, pictorial magazines, and newsreels. There were
some twenty-six accredited war correspondents covering the
campaign, and almost half of them wrote books about their
experiences, mostly within a year or two of the defeat. Their
accounts were censured by government officials as being misinformed
and sensationalist. More recent historians, on the other hand, have
criticised them for being too patriotic and optimistic in their
coverage and thus giving the public an unrealistic view of how the
war was progressing. Philip Woods returns to the original sources
to asses the validity of these criticisms.His is the first
re-evaluation of the war correspondent's role in Burma and as such
will be of great value to students of journalism and media.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
(2)
