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Dispatches from the front, matthew halton, canadas voice at war by david halton. Biography of toronto daily star reporter and cbc broadcaster matthew halton who became the voice of world war ii for many canadians. Toronto star this is a cleareyed, wellwritten and important book about a great journalist. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Most canadiansother than those who were actually members of the armed forcesexperienced the second world war primarily through the news media.
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