The Face of War
- ISBN-10
- 0802191169
- ISBN-13
- 9780802191168
- Series
- The Face of War
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 360
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-12-09
- Publisher
- Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
- Author
- Martha Gellhorn
Description
A collection of “first-rate frontline journalism” from the Spanish Civil War to US actions in Central America “by a woman singularly unafraid of guns” (Vanity Fair). For nearly sixty years, Martha Gellhorn’s fearless war correspondence made her a leading journalistic voice of her generation. From the Spanish Civil War in 1937 through the Central American wars of the mid-eighties, Gellhorn’s candid reporting reflected her deep empathy for people regardless of their political ideology. Collecting the best of Gellhorn’s writing on foreign conflicts, and now with a new introduction by Lauren Elkin, The Face of War is a classic of frontline journalism by “the premier war correspondent of the twentieth century” (Ward Just, The New York Times Magazine). Whether in Java, Finland, the Middle East, or Vietnam, she used the same vigorous approach. “I wrote very fast, as I had to,” she says, “afraid that I would forget the exact sound, smell, words, gestures, which were special to this moment and this place.” As Merle Rubin noted in his review of this volume for The Christian ScienceMonitor, “Martha Gellhorn’s courageous, independent-minded reportage breaks through geopolitical abstractions and ideological propaganda to take the reader straight to the scene of the event.”
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2013-10-01
- 321 pages
- Paperback
- Auckland University Press
Similar books
-
The New Face of War: How War Will be Fought in the 21st Century
By Bruce D. BerkowitzAs Western forces wage war against terrorists and their supporters, in actions large and small, on several continents, The New Face of War explains how they fight and how they will win or lose.
-
The Human Face of War
By Jim Storr71 Ashworth, pp. 86–9. 72 Carver (1988), Frontispiece. 73 Command of Armour in World War II, passim. 74 Major-General Jonathan Bailey, personal communication. 75 Major-General Mike Charlton-Weedy, personal communication.
-
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
By Svetlana AlexievichThey battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten. Alexievich traveled thousands of miles and visited more than a hundred towns to record these women’s stories.
-
Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War
By Matthew E. Kahn, Dora L. CostaElizabeth E. Bailey, Chairman John S. Clarkeson, Vice Chairman Martin Feldstein, President and Chief Executive Officer ... Northwestern Andrew Postlewaite, Pennsylvania Uwe E. Reinhardt, Princeton Nathan Rosenberg, Stanford Craig Swan, ...
-
The Changing Face of War: Combat from the Marne to Iraq
By Martin van CreveldA provocative look at how war has changed over the course of the past century reveals how twentieth-century warfare evolved from its historical predecessors, as well as what terrorism and other modern-day phenomena mean in terms of the ...
-
Faces of the Civil War: An Album of Union Soldiers and Their Stories
By Ronald S CoddingtonIn Faces of the Civil War, Coddington presents 77 cartes de visite of Union soldiers from his collection and tells the stories of their lives during and after the war. These soldiers came from all walks of life. All were volunteers.
-
The Art of War
By Sun Tzu, Sun TsuThe ultimate Chinese classic. "The Art of War" helps in finding decisions.
-
African American Faces of the Civil War: An Album
By Ronald S. CoddingtonThese stories tell of ordinary men who became fighters, of the prejudice they faced, and of the challenges they endured.
-
7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century
By Andrew KrepinevichWhat if the worst that could happen actually happens? How will we respond? Are we prepared? These are the questions that Andrew F. Krepinevich asks—and answers—in this timely and often chilling book.
-
A Different Face of War: Memories of a Medical Service Corps Officer in Vietnam
By James G. Van StratenEven though Sanders was a “short-timer,” I immediately liked him. While SFC Sanders transported me to my assigned room to drop off my duffel bag and suitcase, I quizzed him about my counterpart. He assured me that he seemed like a fine ...