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Memoirs of a rebel journalist : the autobiography of Wilfred Burchett / edited by George Burchett and Nick Shimmin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sydney, NSW, Australia : UNSW Press, 2005Description: xxv, 785 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0868408425
  • 9780868408422
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.4332092 22
LOC classification:
  • PN5516.B87 A3 2005
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Foreword -- Original Introduction -- Chapter 1. Of Ancestry And Influence -- Chapter 2. The Dingoes' Revenge -- Chapter 3. Turning The Clock Back -- Chapter 4. The School Of Hard Knocks -- Chapter 5. Distant Pastures -- Chapter 6. The Kisch Connection -- Chapter 7. A Fresh Start -- Chapter 8. Lotus-Eating Interlude -- Chapter 9. Back To Reality -- Chapter 10. Starting To Write -- Chapter 11. Up The Burma Road -- Chapter 12. War Corresponding -- Chapter 13. Frontlines In China -- Chapter 14. Over The Hump And Into The Fire -- Chapter 15. Wingate And The Blimps -- Chapter 16. Island Hopping -- Chapter 17. Hiroshima -- Chapter 18. Truth Suppression -- Chapter 19. Back To The Old World -- Chapter 20. Dividing Germany -- Chapter 21. The Other Side -- Chapter 22. Trials Behind The 'Curtain' -- Chapter 23. Farewell Fleet Street -- Chapter 24. Early Days In Mao's China -- Chapter 25. Over The Rubicon Into Korea -- Chapter 26. Operation 'Father Christmas' -- Chapter 27. The Bug Offensive -- Chapter 28. Ending The Korean War -- Chapter 29. Ending The First Indochina War -- Chapter 30. Inside Indochina -- Chapter 31. Inside Eastern Europe - 1956 -- Chapter 32. Back To Fleet Street -- Chapter 33. Antifreeze And Deep Freeze -- Chapter 34. Renewed Fires In Vietnam -- Chapter 35. With The Viet Cong -- Chapter 36. Safe Return -- Chapter 37. At Home In Phnom Penh -- Chapter 38. Cursed Be The Peacemaker -- Chapter 39. Of Travels And Tribulations -- Chapter 40. Winding Down The Vietnam War -- Chapter 41. In Pursuit Of My Passport -- Chapter 42. Home Sweet Home! -- Chapter 43. Ping-Pong Diplomacy -- Chapter 44. Playing Ball With Henry -- Chapter 45. Sihanouk, Chou En-lai And The Nixon Visit -- Chapter 46. How I Joined The KGB -- Chapter 47. China - 1973 -- Chapter 48. Kangaroo Justice -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Index.
Summary: Wilfred Burchett (1911-1983) was one of Australia's most important and controversial journalists and war correspondents. He grew up in Gippsland and cut cane along the east coast of Australia. Burchett lived through some of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century and experienced the horrors of Nazi Germany at first hand, before becoming a war correspondent. Wilfred was the first westerner to witness and report to the world on the appalling aftermath of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and has covered news in many trouble spots in the world. At one stage he was exiled from Australia because he was unable to get a replacement for his lost passport.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 757-771) and index.

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Foreword -- Original Introduction -- Chapter 1. Of Ancestry And Influence -- Chapter 2. The Dingoes' Revenge -- Chapter 3. Turning The Clock Back -- Chapter 4. The School Of Hard Knocks -- Chapter 5. Distant Pastures -- Chapter 6. The Kisch Connection -- Chapter 7. A Fresh Start -- Chapter 8. Lotus-Eating Interlude -- Chapter 9. Back To Reality -- Chapter 10. Starting To Write -- Chapter 11. Up The Burma Road -- Chapter 12. War Corresponding -- Chapter 13. Frontlines In China -- Chapter 14. Over The Hump And Into The Fire -- Chapter 15. Wingate And The Blimps -- Chapter 16. Island Hopping -- Chapter 17. Hiroshima -- Chapter 18. Truth Suppression -- Chapter 19. Back To The Old World -- Chapter 20. Dividing Germany -- Chapter 21. The Other Side -- Chapter 22. Trials Behind The 'Curtain' -- Chapter 23. Farewell Fleet Street -- Chapter 24. Early Days In Mao's China -- Chapter 25. Over The Rubicon Into Korea -- Chapter 26. Operation 'Father Christmas' -- Chapter 27. The Bug Offensive -- Chapter 28. Ending The Korean War -- Chapter 29. Ending The First Indochina War -- Chapter 30. Inside Indochina -- Chapter 31. Inside Eastern Europe - 1956 -- Chapter 32. Back To Fleet Street -- Chapter 33. Antifreeze And Deep Freeze -- Chapter 34. Renewed Fires In Vietnam -- Chapter 35. With The Viet Cong -- Chapter 36. Safe Return -- Chapter 37. At Home In Phnom Penh -- Chapter 38. Cursed Be The Peacemaker -- Chapter 39. Of Travels And Tribulations -- Chapter 40. Winding Down The Vietnam War -- Chapter 41. In Pursuit Of My Passport -- Chapter 42. Home Sweet Home! -- Chapter 43. Ping-Pong Diplomacy -- Chapter 44. Playing Ball With Henry -- Chapter 45. Sihanouk, Chou En-lai And The Nixon Visit -- Chapter 46. How I Joined The KGB -- Chapter 47. China - 1973 -- Chapter 48. Kangaroo Justice -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Index.

Wilfred Burchett (1911-1983) was one of Australia's most important and controversial journalists and war correspondents. He grew up in Gippsland and cut cane along the east coast of Australia. Burchett lived through some of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century and experienced the horrors of Nazi Germany at first hand, before becoming a war correspondent. Wilfred was the first westerner to witness and report to the world on the appalling aftermath of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and has covered news in many trouble spots in the world. At one stage he was exiled from Australia because he was unable to get a replacement for his lost passport.

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