Broadcasts from the Blitz: How Edward R. Murrow Helped Lead America Into War

by Philip Seib

Book Overview

With the words "This is London," Edward R. Murrow's groundbreaking radio broadcasts from 1939 to 1941 brought the blitz into America's living rooms. Countering the tide of U.S. isolationism, Murrow told his huge audience that the United States could not avoid a confrontation with Hitler and that the bombs it heard falling during his reports would eventually be targeted at American cities. But although often cited as the paragon of journalistic objectivity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597970123
• ISBN13: 9781597970129
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 8.4"