Chapter 5 Writing the Good War: How Lee Miller and Janet Flanner Changed the Male-Dominated Coverage of WWII

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War and Journalism

The Presentation of Conflict and Provision of Actuality

Series:  War (Hi) Stories, Volume: 13
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