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Hardcover Reporting World War II Vol. 2 (Loa #78): American Journalism 1944-1946 Book

ISBN: 1883011051

ISBN13: 9781883011055

Reporting World War II Vol. 2 (Loa #78): American Journalism 1944-1946

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This Library of America volume (along with its companion) evokes an extraordinary period in American history--and in American journalism. Martha Gellhorn, Ernie Pyle, John Hersey, A.J. Liebling, Edward R. Murrow, Janet Flanner: in a time when public perceptions were shaped mainly by the written word, correspondents like these were often as influential as politicians and as celebrated as movie stars.

This second volume traces the final eighteen months of the war: the campaign in Italy and the Southwest Pacific, the Normandy invasion, the island battles from Saipan to Iwo Jima, the liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge, the fall of Berlin, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Here are Ernie Pyle bearing witness to war in the infantrymen's foxholes; A.J. Liebling on D-Day; Robert Sherrod and Tom Lea landing with Marines and registering the horrors of Pacific Island warfare; Martha Gellhorn and Edward R. Murrow indelibly reporting on the liberation of Dachau and Buchenwald. Here too are two great book-length works, included in full: Bill Mauldin's Up Front, the classic evocation of war from the GI's point of view, complete with his famous cartoons, and Hiroshima, John Hersey's compassionate account of the first atomic bombing and its aftermath.

Writers who covered the home front are included as well: S.J. Perelman on the absurdities of wartime advertising, James Agee on the impact of wartime newsreels, E.B. White on the United Nations conference in San Francisco. Here too are writers on aspects of the war still often neglected: Vincent Tubbs and Bill Davidson on the combat role of African-American soldiers; Susan B. Anthony II on working in the Navy Yard; I.F. Stone protesting U.S. government inaction in the face of Nazi genocide.

This volume contains a detailed chronology of the war, historical maps, biographical profiles of the journalists, explanatory notes, a glossary of military terms, and an index. Also included are thirty-two pages of photographs of the correspondents, many from private collections and never seen before.

LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Customer Reviews

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Reporting World War II, Part Two

My wife is the reader and she dearly loved this book. So down to earth and factual.

A tremendous collection of important journalism on WWII

As I noted in my comments on Volume 1 of this set, the living memory of the events and times of the Second World War are, sadly, leaving us rapidly. It is wonderful to have this collection of reporting from those years. Too often, people remember their history from Hollywood movies, where everything is glorious, simple, and victory is assured in the end. In real life, there is chaos, a determination to endure, but victory is not known until it is finally attained. This volume picks up in Italy during 1944 and ends with victory in the Pacific and the aftermath of Hiroshima. There are articles on the Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, the death of F.D.R, the death of Ernie Pyle in the Pacific from a sniper's bullet, the German surrender, and dozens more. One of the most touching is an extended piece on the Japanese Internment camps with pen and ink drawings by one of the Japanese. Bill Mauldin also has a piece in here with his famous WWII cartoons of the GIs at the front. William Laurence gives a famous account of the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. There is a section of fine photos of the reporters included and others in the text including some aerial shots from a bomber's point of view. This first volume ends with the Mountain Campaign in Italy in 1944. The volume also supplies a short, but full chronology of the war, some excellent maps, biographies of the journalists, acknowledgements, notes on the texts, and a glossary of military terms. This, together with the first volume, is a collection of important history you will want to have on your shelf. Tremendous.
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