From the Frontline

The Extraordinary Life of Sir Basil Clarke

Biography & Memoir, Literary, Historical
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Author: Richard Evans ISBN: 9780752497273
Publisher: The History Press Publication: June 14, 2013
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Richard Evans
ISBN: 9780752497273
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: June 14, 2013
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

From the Frontline is the first biography of Sir Basil Clarke, the World War I newspaper correspondent and father of the UK’s public relations industry. Clarke defied a ban on reporters by living as an "outlaw" in Dunkirk during late 1914 and by the time he was forced to leave was one of only two remaining journalists near the Front. Later in the War he reported from the Battle of the Somme and caused a global scandal by accusing the government of effectively "feeding the Germans" by failing to properly enforce its naval blockade. Clarke became the UK’s first public relations officer in 1917 and established the UK’s first PR firm in 1924. His public relations career included leading British propaganda during the Irish War of Independence; the official response he wrote to Bloody Sunday in 1920 is still controversial today.

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From the Frontline is the first biography of Sir Basil Clarke, the World War I newspaper correspondent and father of the UK’s public relations industry. Clarke defied a ban on reporters by living as an "outlaw" in Dunkirk during late 1914 and by the time he was forced to leave was one of only two remaining journalists near the Front. Later in the War he reported from the Battle of the Somme and caused a global scandal by accusing the government of effectively "feeding the Germans" by failing to properly enforce its naval blockade. Clarke became the UK’s first public relations officer in 1917 and established the UK’s first PR firm in 1924. His public relations career included leading British propaganda during the Irish War of Independence; the official response he wrote to Bloody Sunday in 1920 is still controversial today.

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