An anthology of the writing of Wilfred Burchett, perhaps the greatest journalist and war correspondent Australia has ever produced.

Foreword John Pilger; Foreword Gavan McCormack; 1. The atomic plague [1945]; 2. With Mick Griffith to the Plaine Des Lacs [1941]; 3. Who is Wingate anyway? [1944]; 4. The trial of Cardinal Mindszenty [1951]; 5. Liberty in Eastern Europe [1951]; 6. The microbe war [1953]; 7. Koje unscreened [1953]; 8. The ball-point pen murders [1954]; 9. South of the 17th Parallel [1954]; 10. Front-line village [1959]; 11. Welcome home [1961]; 12. Gagarin: the first interview with Western journalists [1961]; 13. Virgin lands [1962]; 14. Lilac and outer space [1962]; 15. War against trees [1963]; 16. The tragedy of South Vietnam's ethnic minorities [1964]; 17. Interview with General Vo Nguyen Giap (April 13, 1964); 18. A fortified hamlet [1965]; 19. Patriots and mercenaries [1965]; 20. At ground level [1966]; 21. A spurned olive branch [1967/1977]; 22. Personal leader [1968]; 23. The tet of peace [1973/1977]; 24. 'Something from nothing' township [1976]; 25. Evaluating the past [1976]; 26. Mercenaries: British export model [1977]; 27. The Geneva conference [1978]; 28. How to be a good Khmer Rouge [1981]; 29. China prepares to attack Vietnam [1981]; 30. Afterword [1983].