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Author: Fay Anderson ,
Richard Trembath
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Imprint: Melbourne University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.80cm
, Height: 4.10cm
, Length: 23.20cm
Weight: 0.712kg
ISBN: 9780522856446
ISBN 10: 0522856446
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 01 April 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Witnesses to War is a valuable new history of Australian journalists in conflict zones, full of anecdotes and personalities. -- Canberra Times (April 30, 2011)
Witnesses to War is a valuable new history of Australian journalists in conflict zones, full of anecdotes and personalities. --Canberra Times (April 30, 2011) Richard Trembath and Fay Anderson let the colour and drama, and the vivid personalities, into their text, but keep them at the right critical distance. --Saturday Age (May 14, 2011) This book presents a comprehensive account of Aussie reporters who covered conflicts from World War I onwards. --Courier Mail (April 23, 2011) This thoroughly annotated book, complete with black and white plates, notes and index, is a marvellous addition to our understanding of the news media. --Weekend Australian (April 23, 2011)
""Witnesses to War is a valuable new history of Australian journalists in conflict zones, full of anecdotes and personalities."" --Canberra Times (April 30, 2011) ""Richard Trembath and Fay Anderson let the colour and drama, and the vivid personalities, into their text, but keep them at the right critical distance."" --Saturday Age (May 14, 2011) ""This book presents a comprehensive account of Aussie reporters who covered conflicts from World War I onwards."" --Courier Mail (April 23, 2011) ""This thoroughly annotated book, complete with black and white plates, notes and index, is a marvellous addition to our understanding of the news media."" --Weekend Australian (April 23, 2011)
Author Information
Fay Anderson is a lecturer at the Australian Centre in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne. She was educated at La Trobe University and the University of Melbourne. After graduating, Fay lived in Paris and Jerusalem for several years. Fay's PhD thesis was published in 2005 by Melbourne University Publishing and entitled, An Historian's Life- Max Crawford and the Politics of Academic Freedom. Richard Trembath teaches history at the University of Melbourne. He has co-authored All Care and Responsibility, a history of the nursing profession in Victoria, and in 2005 published A Different Sort of War about the Australian experience of the Korean War. In 2008, Richard co-authored Divine Discontent, a new history of the Brotherhood of St Laurence. Much of Richard's work has involved interviews and oral history. Currently he is researching the story of Australia's indigenous soldiers.
