War Stories: Reporting in the Ttime of Conflict from the Crimea to Iraq

by Harold Evans

Book Overview

The war correspondent trails clouds of glory. The names of the pioneers of the trade are stardust: Ernest Hemingway, Alexander Dumas, Henry Villard, Winston Churchill, Stephen Crane, John Reed, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Richard Harding Davis, John Dos Passos, John Steinbeck, Jack London, George Orwell, Philip Gibbs, Luigi Barzini. The names from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, the Gulf War, and Kosovo are likewise as redolent of adventure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593730055
• ISBN13: 9781593730055
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Bunker Hill Publishing Co
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Writers Notes 2004 Book Award Winner

This stunning little book of pictures and narration spans the often-ugly history of war reporting, providing an insider's view of the conflict and crimes without editorializing. What drives journalists to willingly enter danger? This book should be required reading for aspir-ing reporters and the men who manipulate newspaper headlines.