"In selecting for this anthology articles, broadcasts and book extracts that have got behind the facade of official silence to reveal important and disturbing truths, John Pilger is paying his own professional tribute to some of the men and women he most admires." "The book ranges from across many of the critical events, scandals and struggles of the past fifty years, from the scenes described by Martha Gellhorn at the liberation of the death camp at Dachau in 1945, to the bloodshed caused by the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Along the way it bears witness to epic injustices committed against the peoples of Vietnam, Cambodia, East Timor and Palestine." "John Pilger sets each piece of reportage in its context, often offering personal insights into the writer, and introduces the collection with a passionate essay arguing that the kind of journalism he celebrates here is being subverted by the very forces that ought to be its enemy."--BOOK JACKET.

約翰•皮爾格（John Pilger）在澳大利亞悉尼長大。他既是一位戰地記者，又是作傢和電影人，曾兩度榮獲英國新聞界最高榮譽“年度記者”（Journalist of the Year）。皮爾格足跡遍及世界各地，最令人矚目的報道作品發自柬埔寨（本書中有節錄）和越南。皮爾格還曾榮獲“年度國際記者”（International Reporter of the Year）和“聯閤國媒體和平奬”（UN Media Peace Prize）等眾多奬項。他的紀錄片曾經獲得法國“無國界記者”（REPORTER SANS FRONTIÈRES）大奬、艾美奬（Emmy Award），以及英國電影電視藝術學院（British Academy of Film and Television Arts）頒發的“理查德•丁布爾比奬”（Richard Dimbleby Award）。2003年皮爾格以30年來揭露真相倡導人權的成績而獲頒發“蘇菲奬”（Sophie Prize）。約翰•皮爾格現定居倫敦。