World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow and the War That Defined a Generation - Softcover

Bernstein, Mark; Lubertozzi, Alex

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9781402202476: World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow and the War That Defined a Generation

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ISBN 10: 1402202474 ISBN 13: 9781402202476

Publisher: Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2005

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"A fascinating read that, paired with the historic recordings, gives a thrilling sense of what it was like for Americans at home following the war in their living rooms."-Library Journal

"High-level drama"-Indianapolis Star

"Highly recommended."-Choice

The story of World War II was told first not by historians, but by reporters. And no one told that story with more impact than Edward R. Murrow and the remarkable band of reporters he assembled.
World War II on the Air recounts the dramatic stories behind these extraordinary correspondents. And it lets you hear their actual broadcasts, culled from the archives and collected here-many for the first time-on audio CD, narrated by Dan Rather.

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The Story of World War II Was Told First Not by Historians, but by Reporters.
?and no one told that story with more impact than Edward R. Murrow and the remarkable band of reporters he assembled.
World War II on the Air recounts the dramatic stories behind these extraordinary correspondents. And it lets you hear their actual broadcasts, culled from the archives and collected here many for the first time on audio CD, narrated by Dan Rather.
When war broke out, there was no TV, no satellites, no Internet to spread the news. There was radio. Murrow and his fellow CBS radio correspondents reported directly to listeners as news unfolded. They invented a new kind of reporting while bringing the events of the war into America's living rooms from capitals and battlefields all over the world.
Hear the history of the war through more than 50 broadcasts, including reports from:
--a rooftop looking out over London as German bombers buzzed the skies, to
--a clearing in a forest where Hitler was laying down the terms of France's surrender
--a Normandy beach on D-Day
--soldiers parachuting from a C-47 into Holland
--a street battle in a crumbling German city before the Battle of the Bulge
Experience World War II as it happened with the reporters who lived it and the broadcasts that defined the war for a nation.
[BACK]
mark bernstein writes on history and biography, and is the author of Grand Eccentrics, New Bremen and Gentleman Amateurs. His magazine work has appeared in Smithsonian, American Heritage of Invention & Technology and elsewhere. He was for many years a contributing editor of OHIO magazine. He lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

alex lubertozzi has been a writer and editor for more than ten years, and is the coauthor of The Complete War of the Worlds. He has written articles for Screen, Small Press, and was a contributing editor for the pop-culture �zine Pure. He has been the editorial manager of Sourcebooks MediaFusion since 2001. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois.

dan rather has been anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News since 1981. A reporter with CBS since 1962, he has covered the JFK assassination, the civil rights movement and the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf and Yugoslavia. He has served as a CBS News bureau chief in London and Saigon, and a correspondent for 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes II and 48 Hours. He is the author of The American Dream, Deadlines & Datelines, and The Camera Never Blinks.

About the Author:

Mark Bernstein writes on history and biography, and is the author of Grand Eccentrics, New Bremen and Gentleman Amateurs. His magazine work has appeared in Smithsonian, American Heritage of Invention & Technology and elsewhere. He was for many years a contributing editor of OHIO magazine. He lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Alex Lubertozzi has been a writer and editor for more than ten years. He has written articles for Screen, Small Press, and was a contributing editor for the pop-culture 'zine Pure.

Dan Rather has been anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News since 1981. A reporter with CBS since 1962, he has covered the JFK assassination, the civil rights movement and the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf and Yugoslavia. He has served as a CBS News bureau chief in London and Saigon, and a correspondent for 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes II and 48 Hours. He is the author of The American Dream, Deadlines & Datelines, and The Camera Never Blinks.

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