The face of war

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. "First published in 1969 ... revised in 1967 ... and revised in 1986 and published ... by Virago. The Atlantic Monthly Press edition is a revised and updated edition of the one published by Virago."--Title page verso. ix, 337 pages ; 23 cm