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The latest hard-hitting investigative book from the best-selling author of Heroes, Hidden Voices and A Secret Country — fully updated for the paperback edition.John Pilger here examines five countries, each of which has experienced a long struggle for freedom, where the people, having shed blood and dreams, are still waiting. Afghanistan, Iraq and South Africa had the promise of hope, even an “official” freedom, but these divided societies do not enjoy real freedom. In Palestine, the cycle of violence continues with no resolution in sight. And the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean is a microcosm of the ruthlessness of great powers. Sold by the British to the American military in the 1960s, the island’s indigenous population — descended from slaves forcibly removed to the slums of Port Louis in Mauritius — continues to fight for a return to their homeland. The island remains the United States’s third biggest military base — a base from which the Americans are able to launch attacks against the Middle East.Once again John Pilger gives voice to people living through momentous times and, in gripping detail, reveals the lives behind the headlines.

"The most comprehensive j'accuse of journalism as propaganda in the English language... Ought to be read by every young reporter and by those who retain pride in our craft of truth-telling, not matter how unpopular or unpalatable the truth." -- John Pilger, from the Preface to the new edition"The first casualty when war comes, is truth," said American Senator Hiram Johnson in 1917, and in his gripping, now-classic history of war journalism, Phillip Knightley shows just how right Johnson was. From William Howard Russell, who described the appalling conditions of the Crimean War in Times [London], to the ranks of reporters, photographers, and cameramen who captured the realities of war in Vietnam, The First Casualty tells a fascinating story of heroism and collusion, censorship and suppression, myth-making and propaganda. Since Vietnam, Knightley finds, governments have become much more adept at managing the media, and in new chapters on the Falklands, the Gulf War, and the former Yugoslavia, he concludes that the war correspondent's role as a seeker of truth is now in jeopardy.From reviews of the first edition:"[This book] may make us all a little more free to talk about and find the truth." -- Garry Wills, New York Times Book Review"Disturbing, even dismaying, yet also in its painful way, enormously entertaining." -- New Yorker

John Pilger, journalist's, chronological account of the last 48 hours of American presence in Vietnam as it was overrun by the North.

Prison scandals, terrorism, corporate fraud, election rigging—most likely you have heard something of the sort in the last ten minutes. But what is truth and what is part of the great "washout" of biased reporting? A celebration of lucid investigative reporting, selected by titan of the craft John Pilger, could come at no better moment. Pilger's book travels through contemporary history, from war correspondent Martha Gelhorn's wrenching 1945 account of the liberation of Dachau to Edward R. Murrow's groundbreaking excavation of McCarthyism to recent coverage of the war in Iraq. This homage to brave, often unsettling coverage features a range of great writing, from Seymour Hersh's Vietnam-era muckraking to Eric Schlosser's exposé of the fast-food industry to preeminent theorist Edward Said's writing on Islam and terrorism. Unrepentant in its mission to expose the truth behind the messages that politicians, warmongers, and corporate-run media inculcate, Tell Me No Lies is essential for anyone who wants to understand the world around them objectively and intelligently. It's not just a collection of high-quality reporting, but a call-to-arms to all who believe in honesty and justice for humanity.

'HIDDEN AGENDAS" is a paperback import and was released in 1998. It's from Vintage and by John Pilger.

Pilger tackles the injustices and double standards inherent in the politics of globalization and exposes the terrible truth behind the power and wealth of states and corporations John Pilger is one of the world’s renowned investigative journalists and documentary filmmakers. In this classic book, with an updated introduction, he reveals the secrets and illusions of modern imperialism. Beginning with Indonesia, he shows how General Suharto’s bloody seizure of power in the 1960s was part of a western design to impose a “global economy” on Asia. A million Indonesians died as the price for being the World Bank’s “model pupil.” In a shocking chapter on Iraq, he delineates the true nature of the West’s war against the people of that country. And he dissects, piece by piece, the propaganda of the ‘war on terror’ to expose its Orwellian truth. Finally, he looks behind the picture-postcard image of his homeland, Australia, to illuminate an enduring legacy of imperialism: the subjugation of the First Australians. Now with a new introduction, this remains one of the most shocking investigations of contemporary power.

John Pilger's classic work of literary journalism, now with a new introduction by the author.

Im Jahre 1494 ging ein unbekannter, wohl aus dem Umkreis des Münchner Hofes stammender Adeliger auf Wallfahrt nach Jerusalem. Seine Reisebeschreibung erzählt von dieser 199 Tage währenden Tour. Sie führte den Pilger auf einer venezianischen Galeere ins Heilige Land, setzte ihn zahlreichen Gefahren aus, Seeräubern, Erdbeben und Stürmen, konfrontierte ihn auch mit fremden Menschen und ihren andersartigen Lebensformen. Vorgelegt wird erstmals die vollständige Fassung des Reiseberichts (Handschrift der Universitätsbibliothek Gießen) in einer kommentierten Edition. Einleitende Studien thematisieren die Wallfahrt des Jahres 1494 als Teil adeliger Lebensform, beschäftigen sich mit den Fragen nach Autor und Kopist, vermitteln Überblicke über die politische Geschichte Südosteuropas, und machen endlich mit der Mittelmeerschifffahrt jener Zeit vertraut.