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Risks Worth Taking : The Odyssey of a Foreign Correspondent by Bernard S. Redmont (1992, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity Press of America, Incorporated
ISBN-100819188522
ISBN-139780819188526
eBay Product ID (ePID)692669
Product Key Features
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRisks Worth Taking : the Odyssey of a Foreign Correspondent
Publication Year1992
SubjectMedia Studies, Journalism
TypeTextbook
AuthorBernard S. Redmont
Subject AreaSocial Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight18.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.7 in
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ReviewsA great job! Redmont has managed to make a very personal story into a vibrant reflection of tides and currents and movements of great importance in modern history. He has covered richly filled life with not just accounts of experiences, struggles and triumphs but also with penetrating analyses of what these exposures meant and why they were what they were. All of this accomplished in an easy flowing and graceful prose that seamlessly stitches together an unusually complex story most people cannot readily visualize., A great job! Redmont has managed to make a very personal story into a vibrant reflection of tides and currents and movements of great importance in modern history. He has covered richly filled life with not just accounts of experiences, struggles andtriumphs but also with penetrating analyses of what these exposures meant and why they were what they were. All of this accomplished in an easy flowing and graceful prose that seamlessly stitches together an unusually complex story most people cannot readily visualize.>>, ...a marvelous book. It is well written, articulate, thoughtful, and my only regret is that it wasn't longer.>>>>, Superb, enthralling, riveting...An absolutely wonderful intimate history of the last forty years or so. A marvelous voice., Redmont is one of the most solid newsmen I know. The lessons he learned from a lifetime of first class reporting are still valid.>>>>, ...a marvelous book. It is well written, articulate, thoughtful, and my only regret is that it wasn't longer., ...an engrossing account of the life and times of a top-notch journalist; ...enlightening in its delineation of the role of the media at a time of instant, worldwide communication of complex, explosive events. He also provides valuable, first-hand insights into issues ranging from McCarthyism in the USA to disintegration of the USSR. His high personal and professional standards shine through the book.>>>, ...a passionate account. As a print journalist and pioneer broadcaster, the author relates valuable insights into the professional and ethical problems confronting journalists and journalism educators., ...a passionate account. As a print journalist and pioneer broadcaster, the author relates valuable insights into the professional and ethical problems confronting journalists and journalism educators.>>>>, Redmont is one of the most solid newsmen I know. The lessons he learned from a lifetime of first class reporting are still valid., ...an engrossing account of the life and times of a top-notch journalist; ...enlightening in its delineation of the role of the media at a time of instant, worldwide communication of complex, explosive events. He also provides valuable, first-hand insights into issues ranging from McCarthyism in the USA to disintegration of the USSR. His high personal and professional standards shine through the book., A great job! Redmont has managed to make a very personal story into a vibrant reflection of tides and currents and movements of great importance in modern history. He has covered richly filled life with not just accounts of experiences, struggles andtriumphs but also with penetrating analyses of what these exposures meant and why they were what they were. All of this accomplished in an easy flowing and graceful prose that seamlessly stitches together an unusually complex story most people cannot readily visualize.
SynopsisThis is an inspiring and thought-provoking inside story of a foreign correspondent's two adventurous careers, marked by personal crises, battles for principles and brushes with danger. It is also a candid observer's compassionate account of his role in war and peace, in the sweep of history, and is a thoughtful commentary on the urgent problems of journalism and communication today. Contents: PART I: Foundations: Born with a Caul; The Education of a Journalist; Oaths of Devotion; Round Trip to War; Present at the Creation; Peron and Evita; PART II: Milestones: Scoundrel Time; A Movable Feast; The Human Radar; Nothing But the Truffe; PART III: Encounters: Reverence for Life; Swords and Ploughshares; Future Indicative: The Vietnam Peace Story; the Unknown DeGaulle; Mission to Moscow; A Hero of Our Time: Sakharov; Links and Chains; PART IV: Homecomings: Return to America; Vermont: A State of Mind; Academic Adventures; Afghanistan and Academia; PART V: Foreign Correspondent: Endangered Species?; Why Do They Hate Us?; Cherchez la Femme; The Spiritual Dimension.
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