Joe Alsop's Cold War: A Study of Journalistic Influence and Intrigue
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ISBN-13: | 9780807857175 |
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Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
Publication date: | 01/01/2011 |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 248 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d) |
Lexile: | 1410L (what's this?) |
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[An] engaging and perceptive book. . . . Yoder conveys both [Alsop's] strengths and weaknesses with the clear eyes of a good reporter and the sensitivity of a true friend.Washington Post Book World
Joseph W. Alsop was a flamboyant and idiosyncratic cold warrior, as Edwin M. Yoder, Jr. shows in this elegant study.Journalism History
Intelligent and engaging. . . . A thoughtful and appreciative memoir of a formidable, irascible, and curiously lovable man. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Washington Monthly
An affectionate and amusing biography, largely focused on the 1950s, of one of the premier columnists of his day.Foreign Affairs
Joseph Alsop was a superb columnist. Ed Yoder is one, and has turned a bright light on Alsop's dramatic life at the center of events in a dangerous time. This is a notable contribution to the history of journalism and of this century.George F. Will
Edwin M. Yoder writes that this book 'aims to be history with a biographical flavor.' It is that, but also much more. It is a superb biography, suffused with a historical essence. That essence is both precise and richan unusual combination. The result is an extraordinarily well-written book, surpassing the above, modestly stated, aims of its author.John Lukacs