Justice and courage

Author: Zhan Jiang
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: This book reveals the lesser-known aspects of over a century, from the Crimean War to the Gulf War, depicting the thrilling and extraordinary careers of 110 war correspondents from countries such as the United States, the Soviet Union (Russia), the United Kingdom, France, China, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. It portrays vividly and uniquely the group of uncrowned kings of the battlefield: the professional war correspondent king Russell, Jean Roux who provided "ammunition" for Engels, the spearman of yellow journalism Clarr, Lei Ye who shed blood at the foot of the Great Wall, the battlefield, John Reed who heralded the October Revolution, the Packard couple who mocked Mussolini, Gibbs who was considered indispensable for war reporting, Soviet journalist Kolyozov, the Wistley family who produced five war correspondents, the reporter of the Nanjing Massacre, Higgins who married war for life, the cowboy Stil who roamed the Chinese battlefield, the newsreel king Wang Xiaoting, the 80-year-old female warrior Holinworth who refused to be old, the top penman of the Great Patriotic War Ilyenkov, the newsreel master Carmen who recorded the war like the sun, the meteoric ten-time battlefield hero Wiegand, the soldier journalist Ernie Pyle, the naval commander Major Golbatov who charged into the German Reichstag, the television cannon Sever who fiercely attacked the president, and the Suzberg who won glory on the battlefield. This book offers a unique perspective, is rich in historical materials, and is written in fluent prose, making it a valuable biography of war correspondents in China.