ABSTRACT
The subtext of Husarska’s essay is that the war correspondent, given her intimate association with the dangerous and important moment* is herself courageous and consequential. Beneath the surface message ccWar is Hell” lies a claim to cultural status and professional identity, what Herr calls the “haunted, haunting romance” that accompanies the title “war correspondent” (Herr 1968:188). War correspondents live (and sometimes die) to be distinguished from plain correspondents.
