Somewhere in Asia: War, Journalism and Australia™s Neighbours, 1941-1975

From 1941-1975, as a series of conflicts gripped Asia and the Pacific, Australian journalism was often dominated by war reporting from the region. In this groundbreaking study, Prue Torney-Parlicki shows that, in a very real sense, Australia `descovered' Asia and the Pacific through the eyes of Damien Parer, Osmar White, Denis Warner and other correspondents.