The RIP Famous Person Thread

[Sumbitch]

^^ nice one, Harry. Green owed.

[harrybarracuda]

^^ nice one, Harry. Green owed.

This sounded interesting, so I found a second hand copy on Amazon for eight bucks. Hopefully get here in time for my Xmas trip, as I only really get a chance to read on planes.

As an author, Mr. Knightley published about a dozen books, including a history of Australia, a chronicle of 20th-century espionage, an autobiography and a study of the role of journalists during wartime, “The First Casualty.” (The title refers to a 1917 comment by U.S. Sen. Hiram Johnson (R-Calif.): “The first casualty when war comes is truth.”)

Mr. Knightley’s book, first published in 1975 and now considered a classic, casts a skeptical eye on war coverage since the Crimean War in the 19th century. Journalists and government propaganda machines, he argued, have both been guilty of mythmaking and deception.