{"product_id":"the-face-of-war","title":"The Face of War","description":"\u003cp\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). For nearly sixty years  Martha Gellhorns 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  Gellhorns candid reporting reflected her deep empathy for people regardless of their political ideology. Collecting the best of Gellhorns writing on foreign conflicts  The Face of War is a classic of frontline journalism by \"the premier war correspondent of the twentieth century\" (Ward Just  The New York Times Magazine). Whether 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 The Christian Science Monitor  \"Martha Gellhorns 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":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986310164533,"sku":"ByrdShop_0871132117","price":29.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780871132116.jpg?v=1770895608","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-face-of-war","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}