The face of war : writings from the frontline, 1937-85 / Martha Gellhorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gellhorn, Martha, 1908-1998, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history, Modern--20th century.

Military history, Modern.

Physical Description:

319 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London Eland, 2016.

Summary:

James Cameron admired Martha Gellhorn above all other war-reporters 'because she combined a cold eye with a warm heart'. The Chicago Times described her writing as 'wide ranging and provocative, a blend of cool lyricism and fiery emotion, alternately prickly and welcoming, funny and stern'. But make your own judgements, and in the process find yourself plunged straight back into Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, feel the frozen ground of the Finno Russian war, the continent-wide Japanese invasion of China, the massacres in Java, the murderously naive intervention in Vietnam and the USA's dirty little wars in Central America. The Face of War comprises a collection of the author's war journalism, covering her reports on the conflicts in Spain, Finland, China and WW2, with later reports on Java, Vietnam, Israel and Central America.

Notes:

"First published in 1959 by Hart Davis. This edition taken from Granta Books in 1993"--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781780601052

1780601050

OCLC:

957512467