Sir Philip Gibbs and English Journalism in War and Peace [Hardcover]

Sir Philip Gibbs was one of the most widely read English journalists of the first half of the twentieth century. This coverage of his writing offers a broad insight into British social and political developments, government and press relations, propaganda, and war reporting during the First World War.

Sir Philip Gibbs was one of the most widely read English journalists ofthe first half of the twentieth century. Prior to 1914 he reported onindustrial unrest, Ireland, the suffragette movement, royal births, deaths andcoronations, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Balkan War in 1912. Thiscoverage of his writing offers a broad insight into British social andpolitical developments, government and press relations, propaganda, and warreporting during the First World War.Asa war correspondent on the Western Front, his articles, which appeared on bothsides of the Atlantic, did much to shape civilian attitudes during the FirstWorld War and its immediate aftermath. Many critics dismissed Gibbs' work aspropaganda and his acceptance of a knighthood in 1920 as a reward. His writingin the post-war years covered the full range of inter-war European politics,the Second World War, and the Cold War.

1. Victorian Childhood: 1877-1895
2. The New Journalism: 1895-1912
3. Free Lance War Correspondent: 1912-1915
4. Official War Correspondent: 1915-1918
5. Adventures in Journalism: 1918-1939
6. The Pageant of the Years: 1939-1962
7. Conclusion

Martin C. Kerby is Lecturer in the School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia and is also the museum curator and archivist at St Joseph's Nudgee College, Brisbane, Australia. He was recently awarded an Australian Postgraduate Award scholarship, a Queensland Anzac Centenary Grant and an Australian Arts and Culture Grant.

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