| Record Number |
15427 |
| ISBN |
9781742233079 (pbk.) |
| 1742233074 (pbk.) |
| Location |
070.92 MIT offsite storage |
| Author |
Mitchell, Alex |
| Title |
Come the revolution : a memoir / Alex Mitchell. Alex Mitchell. [BOOK] |
| Published |
Sydney : New South, 2011. |
| Collation |
xv, 536 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| General Note |
Donated by Janine Kitson . Signed by author. Reviewed by Janine Kitson in "Education" Vol. 93 No. 6 June 25, 2012, p.32. |
| Reference to Jeannie Lewis, daughter of Sam Lewis p 64. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 518-526) and index. |
| Contents Note |
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 -- |
| 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 Note |
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. |
| Target Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate. |
| General. |
| Personal Name |
Mitchell, Alex |
| Subject |
Journalists -- Australia -- Biography |
