The Powers That Be - Softcover

Halberstam, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252069412 ISBN 13: 9780252069413

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2000

Synopsis

Gives an account of power at work in America.

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Review:

"The book provided manna for political, history, political science and journalism junkies and groupies. It bared the warts -- biases, politically partisan maneuverings, egos, dollars-and-cents motivations, personality clashes, society maneuvers, internal political wars, insecurities, chauvinistic behaviors and restricted realities of the news organizations as seen through the people who owned and ran them. Stories galore."--Australasian Journal of American Studies "Halberstam deploys a stunning novelistic skill in showing how his scores of characters feel about one another... Every page carries a graphic revelation of some piece of subtle delineation, flashes of insight struck off by the adjacencies of power. So understanding is the reporting that the skeletons, once hauled from their closets, don't rattle much." -- Anthony Smith, The Nation "[An] important and admirable book ... The Powers That Be will remain stirring history." -- Richard Rovere, New York Times Book Review "Extremely good reading. It builds a lucid and engaging narrative about important people and important events and ... will keep readers up after bedtime. It is also crammed with anecdotes available only to insiders." -- American Journal of Sociology

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0252069412
• ISBN 13: 9780252069413
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 792