{"product_id":"war-of-words-memoir-of-a-south-african-journalist","title":"War of Words: Memoir of a South African Journalist","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWar of Words: Memoir of a South African Journalist\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBenjamin Pogrund\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e1888363711\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSeven Stories Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2000\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword by Harold Evans\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Benjamin Pogrund, one of South Africa's most distinguished journalists, first began his career as a young reporter in the 1950s, \"There had been little reason at that stage to believe that anything revolutionary was about to start.\" As the \"African affairs reporter,\" and then deputy editor, it was Pogrund who first brought the words of black leaders like Robert Sobukwe and Nelson Mandela to the pages of South Africa's leading newspaper, the \u003ci\u003eRand Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. This was the period of apartheid in South Africa and for most of the next thirty years, the \u003ci\u003eRand Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e was the country's liberal white voice against the tyranny of the Afrikaner Nationalist government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWar of Words\u003c\/i\u003e is the amazing story of those years, when beat reporters simply doing their job experienced the vengeance of the militarized apparatus of minority state rule. \u003ci\u003eWar of Words\u003c\/i\u003e is most of all the story of lives turned upside down and, sometimes, of unintended heroism. Pogrund himself, for example, stood trial for a series of articles he wrote on prison abuse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA riveting memoir and a complex commentary on apartheid and freedom of the press, \u003ci\u003eWar of Words\u003c\/i\u003e offers an insider's perspective on one of the most turbulent, and arguably one of the most significant, periods in modern history.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"War of Words: Memoir of a South African Journalist | Benjamin Pogrund | Hardcover | 1888363711 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1788965","offer_id":50931015581954,"sku":"1788965","price":22.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/716HdKLNhTL.jpg?v=1793498381","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/war-of-words-memoir-of-a-south-african-journalist","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}