Not Always on Horseback: An Australian Correspondent at War and Peace in Asia 1961-1993
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Author: Denis Warner
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 280
As the Cold War entered its most critical years in the early 1960s, Denis Warner was in the thick of the hot wars and insurgencies in Asia. This second volume of his memoirs, following the widely acclaimed Wake Me If There's Trouble, commences in 1961 when the US and Soviet Union came close to outright war, and follows the author as he travelled from one crisis to another . As told by one of the world's longest-serving war and foreign correspondents, this is a dramatic eye-witness account of what happened, and why. Unrivalled sources gave Warner the inside story on numerous events of world importance: in Indonesia he witnessed Sukarno's confrontation with Malaysia, his quest for West New Guinea and subsequent fall from power; in Vietnam he examines the real reason for the US intervention, how the Americans came to the brink of using nuclear weapons there, the military failure but psychological success of the Tet offensive, the secret war in Laos, how the Khmer Rouge won in Cambodia, the murder of President Park in Korea, and the economic miracles in Korea, Japan and Singapore. On the home front he describes how he broke the story of Lionel Murphy's raid on ASIO, and tells the inside story of Wilfred Burchett's libel suit and how the evidence that destroyed him was gathered. This is a riveting, pacy account of many events that shaped the world from the 1960s to the early 1990s - as would be expected from one of the world's most experienced, most travelled and most highly regarded correspondents. The author or co-author of some fifteen books, Denis Warner also wrote for the Reporter, the Atlantic Monthly and the New Republic magazines in the United States and the Daily Telegraph in London. His column on Asian affairs appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Melbourne Herald, the Adelaide Advertiser and the Courier-Mail in Australia and was widely syndicated in leading newspapers in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. He is a frequent contributor to the International Herald Tribune in Paris.
Author: Denis Warner
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 280
As the Cold War entered its most critical years in the early 1960s, Denis Warner was in the thick of the hot wars and insurgencies in Asia. This second volume of his memoirs, following the widely acclaimed Wake Me If There's Trouble, commences in 1961 when the US and Soviet Union came close to outright war, and follows the author as he travelled from one crisis to another . As told by one of the world's longest-serving war and foreign correspondents, this is a dramatic eye-witness account of what happened, and why. Unrivalled sources gave Warner the inside story on numerous events of world importance: in Indonesia he witnessed Sukarno's confrontation with Malaysia, his quest for West New Guinea and subsequent fall from power; in Vietnam he examines the real reason for the US intervention, how the Americans came to the brink of using nuclear weapons there, the military failure but psychological success of the Tet offensive, the secret war in Laos, how the Khmer Rouge won in Cambodia, the murder of President Park in Korea, and the economic miracles in Korea, Japan and Singapore. On the home front he describes how he broke the story of Lionel Murphy's raid on ASIO, and tells the inside story of Wilfred Burchett's libel suit and how the evidence that destroyed him was gathered. This is a riveting, pacy account of many events that shaped the world from the 1960s to the early 1990s - as would be expected from one of the world's most experienced, most travelled and most highly regarded correspondents. The author or co-author of some fifteen books, Denis Warner also wrote for the Reporter, the Atlantic Monthly and the New Republic magazines in the United States and the Daily Telegraph in London. His column on Asian affairs appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Melbourne Herald, the Adelaide Advertiser and the Courier-Mail in Australia and was widely syndicated in leading newspapers in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. He is a frequent contributor to the International Herald Tribune in Paris.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.
Author: Denis Warner
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 280
As the Cold War entered its most critical years in the early 1960s, Denis Warner was in the thick of the hot wars and insurgencies in Asia. This second volume of his memoirs, following the widely acclaimed Wake Me If There's Trouble, commences in 1961 when the US and Soviet Union came close to outright war, and follows the author as he travelled from one crisis to another . As told by one of the world's longest-serving war and foreign correspondents, this is a dramatic eye-witness account of what happened, and why. Unrivalled sources gave Warner the inside story on numerous events of world importance: in Indonesia he witnessed Sukarno's confrontation with Malaysia, his quest for West New Guinea and subsequent fall from power; in Vietnam he examines the real reason for the US intervention, how the Americans came to the brink of using nuclear weapons there, the military failure but psychological success of the Tet offensive, the secret war in Laos, how the Khmer Rouge won in Cambodia, the murder of President Park in Korea, and the economic miracles in Korea, Japan and Singapore. On the home front he describes how he broke the story of Lionel Murphy's raid on ASIO, and tells the inside story of Wilfred Burchett's libel suit and how the evidence that destroyed him was gathered. This is a riveting, pacy account of many events that shaped the world from the 1960s to the early 1990s - as would be expected from one of the world's most experienced, most travelled and most highly regarded correspondents. The author or co-author of some fifteen books, Denis Warner also wrote for the Reporter, the Atlantic Monthly and the New Republic magazines in the United States and the Daily Telegraph in London. His column on Asian affairs appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Melbourne Herald, the Adelaide Advertiser and the Courier-Mail in Australia and was widely syndicated in leading newspapers in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. He is a frequent contributor to the International Herald Tribune in Paris.
Author: Denis Warner
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 280
As the Cold War entered its most critical years in the early 1960s, Denis Warner was in the thick of the hot wars and insurgencies in Asia. This second volume of his memoirs, following the widely acclaimed Wake Me If There's Trouble, commences in 1961 when the US and Soviet Union came close to outright war, and follows the author as he travelled from one crisis to another . As told by one of the world's longest-serving war and foreign correspondents, this is a dramatic eye-witness account of what happened, and why. Unrivalled sources gave Warner the inside story on numerous events of world importance: in Indonesia he witnessed Sukarno's confrontation with Malaysia, his quest for West New Guinea and subsequent fall from power; in Vietnam he examines the real reason for the US intervention, how the Americans came to the brink of using nuclear weapons there, the military failure but psychological success of the Tet offensive, the secret war in Laos, how the Khmer Rouge won in Cambodia, the murder of President Park in Korea, and the economic miracles in Korea, Japan and Singapore. On the home front he describes how he broke the story of Lionel Murphy's raid on ASIO, and tells the inside story of Wilfred Burchett's libel suit and how the evidence that destroyed him was gathered. This is a riveting, pacy account of many events that shaped the world from the 1960s to the early 1990s - as would be expected from one of the world's most experienced, most travelled and most highly regarded correspondents. The author or co-author of some fifteen books, Denis Warner also wrote for the Reporter, the Atlantic Monthly and the New Republic magazines in the United States and the Daily Telegraph in London. His column on Asian affairs appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Melbourne Herald, the Adelaide Advertiser and the Courier-Mail in Australia and was widely syndicated in leading newspapers in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. He is a frequent contributor to the International Herald Tribune in Paris.
Not Always on Horseback: An Australian Correspondent at War and Peace in Asia 1961-1993
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