Description: The Second World War was one of the most extensively reported wars in history. Correspondents like Ernest Hemingway, Clare Hollingworth, Alan Moorhead and Richard Dimbleby were a few who filed their stories. By 1944, Eisenhower’s press camp in Paris was dealing with 1,000 correspondents, yet scores of stories likely to cause alarm and despondency never reached the front pages, like the panic of the Dunkirk evacuation or the bombing of London. The Warcos knew the truth but were powerless to pass them onto the public. When the reporters looked back the word that was common was ‘Dread’. One reporter recalled the extreme joy he had in leaving the Western Desert was so great it was like a sudden release from physical pain. But it was not all pain; there were times in Ankara, Stockholm and Moscow when the war seemed far away. Richard Holmes himself a war correspondent for two years draws us into a life of drama, adventure which is dangerous and addictive as any can be.