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Selling War in a Media Age
George W. Bush's \"Mission Accomplished\" banner in 2003 and the misleading linkages of Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 terrorist attacks awoke many Americans to the techniques used by the White House to put the country on a war footing. Yet Bush was simply following in the footsteps of his predecessors, as the essays in this standout volume reveal in illuminating detail.
Written in a lively and accessible style, Selling War in a Media Age is a fascinating, thought-provoking, must-read volume that reveals the often-brutal ways that the goal of influencing public opinion has shaped how American presidents have approached the most momentous duty of their office: waging war.
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Great Authors of Nonfiction
Of the many millions of books written over the course of history, only a relatively small percentage have been deemed classics. Authors of classic literature are those who have penned works definitive of a style, movement, era, or ethos. Their works are timeless in message and scope. This essential volume chronicles the lives of many literary luminaries--including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway, and Virginia Woolf--examining their early histories, journeys to success, and greatest tomes.
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Interview with David Halberstam, 1979 part 3 of 5
David Halberstam was a New York Times reporter in Vietnam during the War. He describes American press as a threatening presence for both the American and Diem governments. He recalls a wealth of anonymous sources willing to share their stories and describes a tension between the anti-communist, Cold War attitudes of news editors and accurate reporting from Vietnam – which would change after the Tet Offensive. He recounts President Kennedy's attempt to have him removed from his post in Vietnam, and Ambassador Lodge's visit to Saigon. Finally, he discusses the evolution of war reporting from a focus on the Vietnamese to a focus on the Americans and the dramatic effect of television news.
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Who Were You, Joe DiMaggio?
When Gay Talese set out to interview Joe DiMaggio some fourteen years after the baseball great's last game, he was making journalism history. His work would set an almost unattainable precedent for sportswriting.
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Dramatizing a story through 'high density'
Halberstam discusses how he combines interviews with research and avoids being overwhelmed by the record in writing books. He believes reporters and historians must also be dramatists.
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