{"product_id":"face-of-war","title":"The Face of War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Face of War\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of frontline journalism by 'the premier war correspondent of the twentieth century' (Ward Just, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor, '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.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56535096754555,"sku":"9780802128744","price":10.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/8431\/1419\/files\/imageloader_dcc12b3e-f36c-4567-aba1-cc7531386374.jpg?v=1792712245","url":"https:\/\/wmashop.com\/products\/face-of-war","provider":"wmashop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}