Where the action was : women war correspondents in World War II / Penny Colman.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Crown Publishers, 2002Edition: First editionDescription: x, 118 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0517800756
- 9780517800751
- 0517800764
- 9780517800768
- 070.433308209044 21
- D799.U6 C65 2002
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 070.433308209044 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A424546B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-113) and index.
Setting the stage -- Prelude to World War II in Europe -- Sounding the alarm in Europe -- Europe goes to war -- The United States goes to war -- Action in North Africa and China -- Getting to Italy -- D-Day -- Action in Europe -- Advancing toward Germany -- Action in the Pacific -- Crossing the Rhine -- Winning the war -- After the war.
The story of women war correspondent in World War II and how they reported war news. Tells about flying bombing missions, taking photographs inside Buchenwald, stowing away on D-Day hospital ships, dodging bullets on Iwo Jima, and more. Margaret Bourke-White, Nellie Bly, Lee Miller, Martha Gellhorn, Virginia Cowles, Sonia Tomara, Toni Frissell, Dickey Chapelle and more are included.
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