Background
Cox was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, the son of a bank manager, and educated at Southland Boys" High School, followed by the University of Otago and then a Rhodes scholarship to Oriel College, Oxford, during 1932-1935.
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Countdown to War: A Personal Memoir of Europe, 1938-40 (Coronet Books)
(Geoffrey Cox was a foreign correspondent in Austria when ...)
Geoffrey Cox was a foreign correspondent in Austria when Hitler declared the Anschluss. He reported the outbreak of war from Paris, the phoney war from France, Belgium and Holland, and the Winter War when Russia invaded Finland. This is his personal account of Europe in the years 1938-1940.
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Defence of Madrid: An Eyewitness Account from the Spanish Civil War
(Goodies and baddies take some sorting out in this tale of...)
Goodies and baddies take some sorting out in this tale of the siege of Madrid by Franco's right-wing forces supported by the Nazis and the fascist regime of Mussolini (the 'rebels'), against the civilian population and its government representatives, just elected, who happened to be left-wing. Once sorted, Cox's account of the city under attack, in one of the twentieth century's first urban wars, has all too many echoes today. This new edition, with an introduction and selection of historical photographs, as well as samples of Cox's journalism from the front, will confirm its position as one of the classics of twentieth-century reportage. It is being published for the 70th anniversary of the event.
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Defence of Madrid: An Eyewitness Account from the Spanish Civil War by Geoffrey Cox (2006-01-01)
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Defence of Madrid
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A Tale of Two Battles: Personal Memoir of Crete and the Western Desert, 1941
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Defence of Madrid / by Geoffrey Cox
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See it Happen: Making of ITN
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Good+ condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and sunned spine. Book has clean but lightly toned pages
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Geoffrey Cox
Edit ProfileDiplomat journalist war correspondent
Education
University of Otago; Oriel College.
Career
His career in journalism began in 1935 when he joined the News Chronicle. He covered the Spanish Civil War from Madrid, then went to Vienna and Paris for the Daily Express in which he broke the news in 1939 that British troops had arrived in France. He then covered the Winter War from Finland.
While critical of the Soviet attack on Finland he foresaw that the Red Army would defeat the Germans.
He enlisted in the New Zealand Army, serving in Crete and North Africa as an Intelligence Officer on Freyberg"s staff, then was First Secretary at the new New Zealand Embassy in Washington (when Walter Nash was Minister to the United States) before serving in Italy. In 1956 he joined ITN, the new commercial television channel in Britain as News Editor of Independent Television News.
He started News at Ten in 1967. In 1977 Cox joined Yorkshire Television (YTV) as Ward Thomas" Deputy Chairman.
Achievements
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Defence of Madrid: An Eyewitness Account from the Spanish Civil War
(Goodies and baddies take some sorting out in this tale of...)
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Countdown to War: A Personal Memoir of Europe, 1938-40 (Coronet Books)
(Geoffrey Cox was a foreign correspondent in Austria when ...)
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See it Happen: Making of ITN
(Good+ condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has f...)
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Defence of Madrid: An Eyewitness Account from the Spanish Civil War by Geoffrey Cox (2006-01-01)
(Brand New. In Stock. Will be shipped from US. Excellent C...)
- The Red army moves.
- Defence of Madrid
- A Tale of Two Battles: Personal Memoir of Crete and the Western Desert, 1941
- Defence of Madrid / by Geoffrey Cox
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Defence of Madrid: An Eyewitness Account from the Spanish Civil War
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Born
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Nationality
New Zealand