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wellers war a legendary foreign correspondents saga of world war ii on five continents
walter cronkite called him one of our best war correspondents . his stories from europe africa asia and the paci & 64257 ; c during world war ii won him the pulitzer prize . now george weller is immortalized in a collection of fearless intrepid dispatches that crisscross a shattered globe . edited by his son wellers war provides an eyewitness look at modern historys greatest upheaval and also contains never published reporting alongside excerpts from three books . from battlefront to beachhead weller incisively chronicles the heroism and humanity that still managed to triumph amid horri & 64257 ; c events . br following the nazi seizure of eastern europe and his own quarantine in greece by the gestapo george weller accompanies congolese troops freeing ethiopia for haile selassie . he remains in doomed singapore until the colony falls . on java he watches brave american & 64257 ; ghter pilots delay the islands collapse . strafed by japanese planes he escapes by small boat to australia . he covers the paci & 64257 ; c from the solomon islands to the jungle hell of new guinea . back in europe he sees a liberated greece beset by civil war then crosses the middle east . in burma he risks guerrilla raids behind enemy lines . at the wars close he hurries from china to a defeated but uncowed japan where new horrors await . br and he struggles throughout against a tireless adversary censorship . vivid and heart stopping the dispatches of world war ii reporter george weller are as intimate memorable and relevant today as they were nearly seventy years ago and demonstrate what it meant to be a foreign correspondent long before the era of satellite phones and the internet .
hardcover crown publishing group ny 2009 isbn13 9780307406552 isbn10 0307406555
abridged n isbn 13 9780307406552 number in series 1 number of pages 644 publisher random house inc release date 1240876800000