| Description |
xv, 536 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Pt. One. 1. A cadet on the Townsville Bulletin -- 2. Going outback: the Mount Isa Mail -- 3. On Murdoch's Sydney paper --- 4. View from the Canberra press gallery - 5. Waking up in swinging London -- 6. Halcyon days at the Sunday Times -- 7. Chance to be a war correspondent -- 8. Exit from Thomson House -- 9. Tales of Jerome D Hoffman -- 10. The man who stole Uganda -- |
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Pt. Two. 11. Introduction to Leon Trotsky -- 12. Life of the party -- 13. The revival of Trotskyism -- 14. The state within the state -- 15 Police raid on the Red House -- 16. How the GPU murdered Trotsky -- 17. Opening doors to the Arab world -- 18. High court - high farce -- 19. Comrades Vanessa and Corin -- 20. Ambassador at large -- 21. Faith, hope and charity -- 22. The political fallout begins -- 23. Breaking the faith -- 24. The WRP implodes -- 25. The final stand -- 26. A balance sheet |
| Summary |
Many know Alex Mitchell as a political journalist. Few know that he was also a revolutionary. This revealing memoir is a rollicking tale of chain-smoking newspapermen, unionists and revolutionaries, crooked cops and corrupt politicians, spies and dictators; made real by the struggles of ordinary working people |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Biography & autobiography (Australia) |
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Publishing, journalism & media (Australia) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-526) and index |
| Audience |
General |
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Tertiary/Undergraduate |
| Subject |
Mitchell, Alex.
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Communists -- Biography.
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Journalists -- Australia -- Biography.
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Newspaper editors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
1742233074 (paperback) |
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9781742233079 (paperback) |
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