Abstract:This chapter looks at the role of the Army Public Relations Office in organising the work of the war correspondents. It examines the way correspondents operated whilst in Burma, and the constraints th...This chapter looks at the role of the Army Public Relations Office in organising the work of the war correspondents. It examines the way correspondents operated whilst in Burma, and the constraints they were under, particularly from the strict military censorship regime. Examples are given of how, sometimes, they were able to challenge censorship decisions. It points to the limited role women war correspondents were allowed to play in covering the fighting front but shows how the organization provided for two women correspondents, Eve Curie and Claire Boothe Luce, to report from Burma.Read More
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-05-17
Language: en
Type: book
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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