ePub Gareth Jones: Eyewitness to the Holodomor by Ray Gamache in History

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. A Hero for Our TimesBy Peter J. PiaseckyjThis is a must read story of heroism; erudition and a personality of the 20th century. It is time to discover him and learn life's lessons about truth; courage; assertiveness and one way to lead one's life.His dispatches on the Holodomor; if allowed would have changed the course of History. I believe the Holocaust would have been impossible. He paid for his bravery with death at the hands of the NKVD (Russian Terror Organization) in Mongolia.The accolades went to Walter Duranty of the New York Times who denied the Ukrainian Holodomor/Genocide and denigrated the reporting of Gareth Jones. Walter Duranty received the Pulitzer Prize for denying the Holodomor and to this day the New York Times will not request the Pulitzer Prize committee to rescind him that honor.11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Shining A LightBy Amy BeneschUntil I read this book I was unaware of the Holodomor; the famine that killed millions of Ukrainians in early 1930s; nor had I heard of the Welsh journalist; Gareth Jones. In this insightful biography Ray Gamache makes it clear why many of us are ignorant of both the famine and its most astute reporter. Both were intentionally removed from the media of the time and; consequently; from history.This book shines a light on a three-fold tragedy: the famine itself; the denial of the famine by Western reporters; and the belittling of Gareth Jones’ honest and accurate account of what was happening.I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking an understanding of a part of history that has been pushed into the shadows for too long.9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. A Must Addition to Any Serious Scholar of Modern European HistoryBy y s moodryBesides "Bloodlands"; this is one of the few books that examines the unknown World War 1.2 and the people who tried to prevent it.This unknown genocide in Ukraine claimed more than all the battlefields of World War 1 and yet there is frightfully little written of it.This study is particularly interesting since it examines the failures of journalism in general.