Fighting Words: The Bold American Journalists Who Brought the World Home Between the Wars

From a Harvard historian, this riveting portrait of four trailblazing American journalists highlights the power of the press in the interwar period.


In the fragile peace following the Great War, a surprising number of restless young Americans abandoned their homes and set out impulsively to see the changing world. In Fighting Words, Nancy F. Cott follows four who pursued global news — from contested Palestine to revolutionary China, from Stalin's Moscow to Hitler's Berlin. As foreign corres...