Includes bibliographical references (p. 293).

In this collection of 14 articles recounting their personal stories, journalists describe how the truth became more important than their personal safety. In all cases they received information they knew to be dangerous, decided to publish it, and dealt with the consequences, which range widely in terms of the intensity of the violence against them. The motives for the suppression of the journalists were largely financial, such as in China's trying to protect the inflow of foreign investments, but include the political, when a few words of criticism of Zimbabwe's president led to a reporter's arrest and expulsion. Annotation #169;2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.