{"product_id":"2026200011269-secondhand-point-of-departure-an-autobiography","title":"Point Of Departure: An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew journalists of the twentieth century bore witness to history with the moral clarity and narrative force of James Cameron, and Point of Departure stands as his definitive testament to a life spent at the world's most turbulent crossroads. This autobiography chronicles his extraordinary career as one of Britain's most celebrated foreign correspondents, from the atomic aftermath of Hiroshima and the Korean War to the independence movements reshaping Asia and Africa, presenting an unflinching portrait of a man who refused to separate conscience from reportage.\n\nCameron writes with the same vivid, unsparing prose that made his dispatches legendary, transforming personal memoir into a broader indictment of political hypocrisy and the human cost of empire and cold-war brinkmanship. His narrative argues, with characteristic wit and controlled fury, that journalism is not merely a profession but a moral act — a conviction that set him apart from his contemporaries and earned him both fierce admiration and establishment censure. For anyone seeking to understand the great upheavals of the mid-twentieth century through the eyes of a man who was genuinely there, this memoir is an essential and deeply compelling encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161035514075,"sku":"2026200011269-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/deff350c-1e23-4e3b-a08b-262258d8a737.png?v=1787189514","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011269-secondhand-point-of-departure-an-autobiography","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}