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war correspondents
  • Introduction
  • History of Reporting War and Early Pioneers
    • First World War and Second World War
    • Wars in Korea and Vietnam
    • Gulf and Iraq Wars
  • Elements and Demands of the Job
    • Modern Forms of War Correspondence
  • Noted American War Correspondents
    • Christiane Amanpour
    • Peter Arnett
    • Richard Harding Davis
    • Martha Gellhorn
    • Marguerite Higgins
    • George Wilkins Kendall
    • Edward R. Murrow
    • Ernest Taylor Ernie Pyle
    • George Washburn Smalley
  • Outlook: Shaping News and Views on Conflicts
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war correspondents: References & Edit History

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