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Martha Gellhorn (1908–1998) 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 candid 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 vigorous approach. Collected here together for the first time, The Face of War is what The New York Times called “a brilliant anti-war book." A 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 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, 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 Gellhorn’s courageous, independent-minded reportage breaks through geopolitical abstractions and ideological propaganda to take the reader straight to the scene of the event.” 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. Introduction, 1959 -- Introduction, 1986 -- The War In Spain -- The War In Finland -- The War In China -- The Second World War -- The War In Java -- Interim -- The War In Vietnam -- The Six Day War -- Wars In Central America. Martha Gellhorn. A collection of the best of Martha Gellhorn's war reportage, from Spain in 1936 to Central America in the late 1970s. In the summer of 1936, I was checking background material for a novel, in the Weltkriegsbibliothek of Stuttgart.