Reporting the retreat: war correspondents in Burma by Philip Woods
Book review
Article Title | Reporting the retreat: war correspondents in Burma by Philip Woods |
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Article Category | Book review |
Authors | |
Author | Coatney, Caryn |
Journal Title | History (Washington): Reviews of New Books |
Journal Citation | 46 (3), pp. 81-81 |
Number of Pages | 1 |
Year | 2018 |
Place of Publication | United States |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/03612759.2018.1436301 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03612759.2018.1436301 |
Abstract | In the contemporary turn toward war correspondents’ stories, this book sheds light on the debates over the value of journalistic testimony as a historical source. Historian Philip Woods sets out to correct the record and resolve disputes over the role of World War II correspondents in Burma as they reported on the longest retreat in British military history. Delving into the cliché of a forgotten war, Woods explores the correspondents’ involvement in Burma battles in the context of scholarly arguments over propaganda machines. He asserts that the correspondents were not solely mythmakers of escapology, but neither were they entirely immune to the desires to exaggerate and to bolster their careers back home.© |
Keywords | journalism; World War II; war correspondents; Burma |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470105. Journalism studies |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4z43/reporting-the-retreat-war-correspondents-in-burma-by-philip-woods
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