the first casualty

Book Report The First Casualty By Phillip Knightley Robin Reid October 29, 2000 Persuasion and Propaganda Miss Denise Childs Knightley, Phillip. The First Casualty. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. This book discusses the impact that the media, particularly the war correspondents, have had on society during and after wars between the years 1854 and 1975. It recounts wars from many different countries and raises questions on how correspondents should report, what they should report and when they …

…reports about war for years. Our world was changed and formed on the basis of misinformation. This is why I feel everyone should get a chance to read this book. At first I felt the book was good for journalists or history buffs, but I now feel everyone should read it and understand the lies that were fed to us for centuries. Bibliography Knightley, Phillip. The First Casualty. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.