The First Casualty: From the Crimea to Vietnam: The War Correspondent PBk. VG+

Description: The First Casualty: From the Crimea to Vietnam: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist, and Myth Maker By Phillip Knightley Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. New York 1976 x, 465 p.: 16 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 20 cm. (8 inches). Paperback with color illustrated front cover. Includes acknowledgments, notes on sources, selected bibliography, and index. First Paperback printing "Phillip Knightley's stunning chronicle of war correspondents won the Overseas Press Club award as the best book on foreign affairs for 1975. . . . Knightley rigorously explores the evolution of war correspondents since William Howard Russell of the London Times went to the Crimea in 1854. The author traces the part war reporting has played in creating some of the myths of history, explores the effects of censorship and manipulation of the press, and recounts the adventures of famous newspapermen - American, British, German, Japanese, Russian, French, and Italian. The narrative teems with intriguing personalities, anecdotes, and revelations: Winston Churchill in the Boer War, Hemingway in the Spanish Civil War, Evelyn Waugh in the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, Westbrook Pegler in the First World War, and Martha Gellhorn in the best-reported of all wars, Vietnam" [from the back cover] ISBN: 0156311305 Book is in Very Good Plus Condition: Pages clean, tight, and unmarked; name of former owner written on front free endpaper; spine lightly creased; front cover lightly rubbed. Copyright 2022 All text in this auction description is the sole property of Classic Books and Ephemera and may not be copied without permission from Classic Books and Ephemera. SHIPPING and HANDLING: The purchaser receives free media mail in the U.S. We ship all books in boxes, well protected, within 24 hours of the order (Monday - Saturday), always with tracking. We ship pamphlets, documents, broadsides, and booklets in rigid mailers, bagged and boarded, with added stiffener for protection, always with tracking. We have been selling books and ephemera for about 17 years to satisfied customers on various venues, so buy with confidence. For international shipping costs see Ebay's Shipping and Handling section below (click on the country and then click Update for cost to a specific country). For expedited domestic or international shipping prices, please contact us. WINNERS AND BUYERS OF MULTIPLE ITEMS RECEIVE FREE SHIPPING IN THE U.S., FIRST CLASS UP TO 16 OUNCES, MEDIA MAIL OVER 16 OUNCES. Payment Methods:Paypal preferred, but not required. Pa. residents: you must add 6% sales tax to the total (including shipping and handling), unless you have a resale number. This is Pa. state law. Guarantee: We guarantee that the book is as described or we will return the buyer's money, if we are notified by email within 24 hours of receipt of the book. ALSO SEE ON EBAY OUR FINE SELECTION OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA IN OUR STORE, CLASSIC BOOKS AND EPHEMERA; CLICK ON THIS LINK: We use the condition terms established by AB Bookman's Weekly and now slightly refined by IOBA: As New/Fine, Near Fine(minor defects), Very Good (small signs of wear), Good (average used book), Fair (complete text, but may lack endpapers, half-title), Poor (complete text but soiled, loose hinges, etc.) For an explanation of terms commonly used in book descriptions,contact us.

Price: 12.96 USD

Location: Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

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