The Eye of War: Words and Photographs from the Front Line - Hardcover

Knightley, Phillip; Keegan, Sir John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297843117 ISBN 13: 9780297843115

Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, 2003

Synopsis

From the Crimean War and American Civil War through two World Wars, from Vietnam and the Gulf War to the Balkans and beyond, photographers have been drawn to the battlefront. The best war photography bares the essence of war by distilling the chaos of combat into indelible visual icons. The camera was part of the technological revolution that started to transform warfare in the middle of the 19th century. As weapons have become more deadly, cameras have kept pace, getting smaller, quicker, longer ranged. This volume includes 200 of the most powerful war photographs: unforgettable images like Alexander Gardner's of the Civil War dead after Antietam in 1862, still the bloodiest day in American history; Robert Capa's, Margaret Bourke White's and Yevgeni Khaldei's of the Second World War; or Don McCullin's and Larry Burrows' of Vietnam. Accompanying the images are compelling eyewitness accounts of the experience of war from war correspondents and from combatants, recorded in diaries, memoirs and letters.

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About the Author

Britain's most distinguished military historian and senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst for many years, Sir John Keegan is the author of THE FACE OF BATTLE, widely considered a classic of military history. His other books include THE MASK OF COMMAND, THE PRICE OF ADMIRALTY, SIX ARMIES IN NORMANDY and THE SECOND WORLD WAR. His book THE HISTORY OF WARFARE sold 60,000 copies in the US and 25,000 in the UK. He is Defence Editor of The Daily Telegraph and was knighted in 2000. Britain's most distinguished military historian and senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst for many years, Sir John Keegan is the author of THE FACE OF BATTLE, widely considered a classic of military history. His other books include THE MASK OF COMMAND, THE PRICE OF ADMIRALTY, SIX ARMIES IN NORMANDY and THE SECOND WORLD WAR. His book THE HISTORY OF WARFARE sold 60,000 copies in the US and 25,000 in the UK. He is Defence Editor of THE DAILY TELEGRAPH and was knighted in 2000. Phillip Knightly was an investigative journalist for THE SUNDAY TIMES for twenty years where he won many awards. His book THE FIRST CASUALTY: THE WAR CORRESPONDENT AS HERO AND MYTH MAKER FROM THE CRIMEA TO KOSOVO won the overseas Press Club Award for the Best Book on Foreign Affairs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297843117
• ISBN 13: 9780297843115
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288