Reporting World War II Vol. 1 (LOA #77)

American Journalism 1938-1944

Compiled by  Samuel Hynes , Anne Matthews , Nancy Caldwell Sorel and Roger J. Spiller
Reporting World War II Vol. 1 (LOA #77)

This Library of America volume is the first of a unique two-volume anthology. Drawn from original newspaper and magazine reports, radio transcripts, and wartime books, Reporting World War II captures the intensity of the war’s unfolding drama as recorded by the best of a remarkable generation of journalists, whose talents, sense of purpose, and physical courage remain unsurpassed in the annals of war reporting. Here in one collection, over eighty writers, famous and forgotten alike, confront the crucial events of those years in writing of exceptional skill and emotional force.

The first volume traces the buildup to war and the first years of fighting: the Munich crisis, Kristallnacht, the fall of Poland and France, Pearl Harbor and Bataan, Guadalcanal and Salerno. William L.…

$43.50
September 1, 1995
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