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Fighting with the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry by John Tulloch
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Private Metcalfe at Lucknow by Henry Metcalfe
Two vital recollections of the great Indian uprising
This is another Leonaur volume which includes two essential
perspectives of a single conflict within one book for great value
reading. The first account sees the Mutiny from the perspective of
a hastily thrown together unit of irregular cavalry. The author-a
gentleman volunteer-saw much hard riding, tough campaigning and
brutal action. He has recorded it all here for posterity in this
rare but vital first hand account. By contrast, Private Metcalfe's
is an authentic voice of the ordinary infantryman of the Queen
Empress's regular army. A soldier of the 32nd Foot from the age of
thirteen Metcalfe was of the stuff that 'kept the map red'. Rough,
tough, nostalgic and capable of acts of violence and great kindness
by turns, Metcalfe possessed almost limitless endurance, stoicism
and good humour throughout one of the most demanding actions of the
war-the siege of the Residency at Lucknow.
Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution draws together the
work of over twenty leading international writers, journalists,
theorists and campaigners in the field of peace journalism.
Mainstream media tend to promote the interests of the military and
governments in their coverage of warfare. This major new text aims
to provide a definitive, up-to-date, critical, engaging and
accessible overview exploring the role of the media in conflict
resolution. Sections focus in detail on theory, international
practice, and critiques of mainstream media performance from a
peace perspective; countries discussed include the U.S., U.K.,
Germany, Cyprus, Sweden, Canada, India, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea
and the Philippines. Chapters examine a wide variety of issues
including mainstream newspapers, indigenous media, blogs and
radical alternative websites. The book includes a foreword by
award-winning investigative journalist John Pilger and a critical
afterword by cultural commentator Jeffery Klaehn.
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