LEADER 03164nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910649703903321 005 20210209162137.0 010 $a1-74224-574-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000074266 035 $a(EBL)867349 035 $a(OCoLC)772467055 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000633515 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12199999 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000633515 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10617561 035 $a(PQKB)11012239 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC867349 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3440904 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC816016 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL816016 035 $a(OCoLC)769190518 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000074266 100 $a20111102d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCome the revolution$b[electronic resource] $ea memoir /$fAlex Mitchell 210 $aSydney $cNew South Publishing$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (553 p.) 300 $aA NewSouth book. 311 $a1-306-09574-3 311 $a1-74223-307-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; About the Author; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Author's note; Acknowledgements; Prologue; PART 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; PART TWO; 11 Introduction to Leon Trotsky; 12 Life of the party; 13 The revival of Trotskyism; 14 The state within the state 327 $a15 Police raid on the Red House16 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 Decision time; 26 On reflection; Notes; Select bibliography; Index 330 $aA rollicking tale of chain-smoking newspapermen, union leaders, revolutionaries, crooked cops, corrupt politicians, spies, dictators, and ordinary working people, this is the memoir of political journalist Alex Mitchell, who worked on several newspapers around Australia before landing in Fleet Street in the 1960s. Full of vivid anecdotes about the lives of an extraordinary range of people?including Yasser Arafat, Muammar Gadafi, Saddam Hussein, and Vanessa Redgrave?this narrative demonstrates how Mitchell's Sunday Times investigative team exposed Soviet double agent Kim Philby and how the jour 606 $aJournalists$zAustralia$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, Australian$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJournalists 615 0$aAuthors, Australian 676 $a070.92 676 $a900 700 $aMitchell$b Alex$01038024 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910649703903321 996 $aCome the revolution$92754873 997 $aUNINA