Spring 2006 Tate Book Club
HELD Tuesday, April 18, 2006
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Texana Room, DeGolyer Library
The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker From
the Crimea to Iraq
by Phillip Knightley
Discussion led by Tony Pederson, Journalism
Our segue to Christiane Amanpour's Tate Lecture is a discussion of the role of war correspndents as evidenced in Phillip Knightley's book.
Knightley's website explains, "The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist and Myth-Maker is recognised as the definitive book on war reporting and war propaganda. From William Howard Russell who blew the whistle on the appalling conditions of the British forces in the Crimea, to the correspondents who lifted the lid on the reality of the Vietnam War, through to the modern day, it is a story of heroism and manipulation, censorship and espionage.
The lengths to which governments lie to fool the citizens of the enemy
and, even more so, fool their own, has not diminished with the years, it
is argued - it has grown."
http://www.phillipknightley.com/pages/books.html#casualty