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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821581103321

Autore

Gorrell Henry T. <1911-1958.>

Titolo

Soldier of the press : covering the front in Europe and North Africa, 1936-1943 / / Henry T. Gorrell ; edited with an introduction by Kenneth Gorrell, foreword by John C. McManus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, MO, : University of Missouri Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8262-7179-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GorrellKenneth

Disciplina

940.54/21

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Journalism, Military - United States

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 - Journalists

War correspondents - United States

Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Journalism, Military United States

Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Personal narratives, American

Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Journalists Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue -- Little Caesar -- Civil War in Spain -- Prisoner of war -- The Simpson case -- The siege of Madrid -- Interlude : reflecting on events, 1936-1939 -- London : September 1939 -- Balkan powder keg -- Nadia of the Gestapo -- Lieutenant Bill Belle -- Hitler : "carry out plan number four!" -- Vichy treachery -- Taxi to Teheran -- Interlude : October 1941-May 1942 -- Malta convoy -- The retreat to Alamein -- Rommel hits a Stone Wall -- "The lull continues in the western desert"--BBC -- "Winnie" comes to Alamein -- "No retreat and no surrender"--Montgomery -- "Milk run" to Benghazi -- The bombing of Navarino bay -- The battle of Alamein -- Rommel packs up -- Benghazi's fall -- The Yanks bomb Naples -- The death of Private "X" -- The "ladies from hell" attack -- The fall of Tripoli -- Conclusion (but the war goes on).

Sommario/riassunto

"This memoir by United Press war correspondent Henry T. Gorrell provides eyewitness accounts from the battlefields of the Spanish Civil War and the war fronts in Greece, the Balkans, the Middle East, and North Africa during World War II"--Provided by publisher.