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Reporting the Retreat

- War Correspondents in Burma
Af: Philip Woods Engelsk Hardback

Reporting the Retreat

- War Correspondents in Burma
Af: Philip Woods Engelsk Hardback
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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.
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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.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9781849047173
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1849047170
Kategori: 1940 til 1949
Udg. Dato: 9 feb 2017
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 146mm
Højde: 225mm
Forlag: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato: 9 feb 2017
Forfatter(e): Philip Woods
Forfatter(e) Philip Woods

Kategori 1940 til 1949

ISBN-13 9781849047173

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 256

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 146mm

Højde 225mm

Udg. Dato 9 feb 2017

Oplagsdato 9 feb 2017

Forlag C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

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