Reporting the Second World War: The Battle for Truth

by Brian Best

After a slow start, the Second World War produced an enormous number of war correspondents. Correspondents like Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos and George Orwell were all inspired to put their experiences on the printed page. Hemingway and his wife, Martha Gellhorn, went on to cover the D-Day Landings and the final victory in Germany.

The British Broadcasting Corporation was the first to use live broadcasts from the front. Encouraged by the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473834201
• ISBN13: 9781473834200
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 208 Pages