The journalists and the reports that brought World War II to life share accounts of the London Blitz, Eric Sevareid's parachuting over Burma from a crippled aircraft, Howard K. Smith's narrow escape from Nazi Germany on December 6, 1941, and more, in a volume that also includes an audio CD of the actual radio reports of the time. 50,000 first printing. Grade 8 Up-The authors admiringly describe how Murrow and his "boys" at CBS both covered the Second World War and created modern broadcast journalism. They draw on many primary sources, including several of the reporters' memoirs, to describe the dangers, technical problems, and censorship issues of the time. The authors begin with Murrow and colleague William Shirer's coverage of Hitler and prewar Europe, and then discuss how the network covered the conflict in Europe. In contrast, their discussion of the war in the Pacific is very limited. They also include one- to two-page biographical profiles of the correspondents, many of whom would become giants of broadcast news. The text is supplemented by an audio CD, narrated by Dan Rather, which has 47 clips from aired broadcasts. It can be listened to in its entirety as a documentary or readers can select tracks (identified in the text) that correspond with events being addressed. This book does show the challenges and importance of war coverage on radio, but it is short on general background and is occasionally dry. Norman H. Finkelstein's With Heroic Truth: The Life of Edward R. Murrow (Clarion, 1997) and Sounds in the Air: The Golden Age of Radio (Scribner's, 1993; o.p.) are more readable, research-friendly choices. Mary Mueller, Rolla Junior High School, MO Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. This solid contribution to media history focuses on Edward R. Murrow and the "Murrow Boys" of CBS, who more or less invented foreign-broadcast journalism. Murrow recruited many of the "Boys" from his office in London, meanwhile covering the Blitz and flying aboard bombers in two dozen combat missions. Others who became key figures after the war were Eric Sevareid, CBS's man in Paris; Charles Collingwood; and Howard K. Smith, who had to flee to Switzerland just before Pearl Harbor. William L. Shirer, indispensable in broadcasting from Berlin, turned to writing. Less well known are the sole woman of the crew, Mary Marvin Breckenridge; Cecil Brown, who survived the sinking of the battlecruiser Repulse ; Richard C. Hottlet, who was arrested and briefly held by the Germans as a spy; and Larry LeSueur, who endured a year of covering the eastern front from inside Russia. The book's additional attractions include a good selection of photographs, thorough notes, and a CD of Dan Rather presenting some of the most important broadcasts. Roland Green Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved 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. Used Book in Good Condition