From The Front: The Story Of War; Author: Sweeney, Michael S.; Hardback; Book

Author: Sweeney, Michael S.
Hardback; Book; 175 Photographs/maps
320 pages
Published: November 2002
National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0792269195

In this gripping archive of war, Sweeney presents a fascinating history of the evolution of warfare and of war correspondence--from soldiers working double-duty as recorders of war to today's journalists who don helmets in pursuit of their story. 175 photos & maps.Discovering the fascinating role journalism has played in war - in recording it, in helping determine its strategies, and in the final impressions of wars in history - this book gives new insight into how the event of war, the officers of war, and those who comment on war.A history of warfare and of war correspondence draws on the vivid, firsthand chronicles of journalists on the front lines to describe such memorable moments as the charge of the Light Brigade, the Spanish Civil War, the London Blitz, and the battlefields of Vietnam, accompanied by maps, artwork, and