Reporting World War II: American Journalism
Volume One: 1938–1944
Volume Two: 1944–1946
Clothbound, slipcased edition 
1,882 pages
Includes Bill Mauldin's Up Front and John Hersey's Hiroshima
This unprecedented anthology evokes an extraordinary period in American history—and in American journalism. Drawn from wartime newspaper and magazine reports, radio transcripts and books, this unique two-volume anthology collects 191 pieces by 80 writers, the best of a remarkable generation of reporters.
In Volume One, William L. Shirer and Howard K. Smith observe Nazi Germany from the inside; Edward R. Murrow and Ernie Pyle cover London during the Blitz; Margaret Bourke-White reports from Russia and Italy. Also included are African-American journalists on racism in the military and a firsthand account of the internment of Japanese-Americans.
In Volume Two, Ernie Pyle bears witness to war in the foxholes; A. J. Liebling covers D-Day; Robert Sherrod and Tom Lea record the horrors of Pacific Island warfare; Edward R. Murrow and Martha Gellhorn describe the liberation of Buchenwald and Dachau. Two great books are included in full: Bill Mauldin’s Up Front with all 162 cartoons, and John Hersey’s Hiroshima.
“These nearly 2,000 pages bring the war’s story back to life as no retrospective history could, and remind us that many journalists as well as soldiers had their finest hours during that terrible conflict.” —Jonathan Yardley
