The face of war
By: Martha Gellhorn.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Military history, Modern -- 20th century
Description: Martha Gellhorn was a war correspondent for nearly fifty years. From the Spanish Civil War in 1937 through the wars in Central America in the mid-eighties, her reports reflected her feelings for people no matter what their political ideologies, and the openness and vulnerability of her conscience. "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." Whether in Java, Finland, the Middle East, or Vietnam, she used the same approach.