Memoirs of a rebel journalist : the autobiography of Wilfred Burchett /
edited by George Burchett and Nick Shimmin.
- xxv, 785 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 757-771) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Foreword -- Original Introduction -- Of Ancestry And Influence -- The Dingoes' Revenge -- Turning The Clock Back -- The School Of Hard Knocks -- Distant Pastures -- The Kisch Connection -- A Fresh Start -- Lotus-Eating Interlude -- Back To Reality -- Starting To Write -- Up The Burma Road -- War Corresponding -- Frontlines In China -- Over The Hump And Into The Fire -- Wingate And The Blimps -- Island Hopping -- Hiroshima -- Truth Suppression -- Back To The Old World -- Dividing Germany -- The Other Side -- Trials Behind The 'Curtain' -- Farewell Fleet Street -- Early Days In Mao's China -- Over The Rubicon Into Korea -- Operation 'Father Christmas' -- The Bug Offensive -- Ending The Korean War -- Ending The First Indochina War -- Inside Indochina -- Inside Eastern Europe - 1956 -- Back To Fleet Street -- Antifreeze And Deep Freeze -- Renewed Fires In Vietnam -- With The Viet Cong -- Safe Return -- At Home In Phnom Penh -- Cursed Be The Peacemaker -- Of Travels And Tribulations -- Winding Down The Vietnam War -- In Pursuit Of My Passport -- Home Sweet Home! -- Ping-Pong Diplomacy -- Playing Ball With Henry -- Sihanouk, Chou En-lai And The Nixon Visit -- How I Joined The KGB -- China - 1973 -- Kangaroo Justice -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Index. Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Chapter 11. Chapter 12. Chapter 13. Chapter 14. Chapter 15. Chapter 16. Chapter 17. Chapter 18. Chapter 19. Chapter 20. Chapter 21. Chapter 22. Chapter 23. Chapter 24. Chapter 25. Chapter 26. Chapter 27. Chapter 28. Chapter 29. Chapter 30. Chapter 31. Chapter 32. Chapter 33. Chapter 34. Chapter 35. Chapter 36. Chapter 37. Chapter 38. Chapter 39. Chapter 40. Chapter 41. Chapter 42. Chapter 43. Chapter 44. Chapter 45. Chapter 46. Chapter 47. Chapter 48.
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.