Burchett: Reporting The Other Side Of The World (1986) By Ben Kiernan
 
 Preface: John Pilger. Introduction: Ben Kiernan. Contents: I). Great power crisis. 1). Philip Knightley: Cracking the Jap: Burchett on World War Two. 2). Richard Tanter: Voice and silence in the nuclear war: Wilfred Burchett and Hiroshima. 3). Kelvin Rowley: Burchett and the Cold War in Europe. II). Crisis at home. 4). Alex Carey: The bureaucratic passport war: Wilfred Burchett and the Australian government. 5). Beverley Smith: White nomad: Burchett's approach to Asia in the Australian contect. III). Crises in the Third World. 6). Dorothy Shineberg: Wilfred Burchett's New Caledonia. 7). Michael R. Godley: When the easst wind prevailed in China. 8). Gavan McCormack: Korea: Wilfred Butchett's thirty years' war. 9). David G. Marr: Burchett on Vietnam. 10). Joseph T. Miller: The west wind blows back. 11). Ben Kierman: Put not thy trust in princes: Burchett on Kampuchea. 12). Geoffrey C. Gunn: A half-way house for the half-brothers Burchett on Laos. 13). Michael N. Pearson: Carnation, captains and communists: Burchett on Portugal. 14). Helen Hill: Burchett on Southern Africa. With appendix (Ben Kierman: The making of a myth: Wilfred Burchett and the KGB). Index. Wilfred Graham Burchett (1911 - 1983) was an Australian journalist known for his reporting of conflicts in Asia and his Communist sympathies. He was the first foreign correspondent to enter Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped, and he attracted controversy for his activities during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
 
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