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Description edit
Crackling with the personalities, conflicts, and ambitions that transformed the media from something that followed the news to something that formed it, "The Powers That Be" is David Halberstam's forceful account of the rise of modern media as an instrument of political power, published here... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Harry Luce: Add a description of this character.
- Ben Bradlee
- Jack Kennedy
- Murrow
- Lyndon Johnson
- Bill Paley
- Phil Graham
- Stanton
- Walter Cronkite
- Bernstein
- Otis Chandler
- Richard Nixon
- Fuerbringer
- Norman Chandler
- Meyer
- Woodward
- Mcculloch
- Donovan
- Lippmann
- Mccarthy
- Nick Williams
- Harry Chandler
- Mohr
- Wiggins
- Sidey
- Guthman
- Stevenson
- Clurman
- White
- Nelson
- Kyle Palmer
- Eisenhower
- Rogers
- Grunwald
- Roosevelt
Setting & Locations edit
- Washington Post
- New York
- Vietnam
- America
- Los Angeles
- Southern California
- China
- Saigon
- United States
- Haldeman
- Chicago
- Salant
- Paris
- London
- Europe
- Wall Street
- Asia
- Texas
- San Francisco
- West Virginia
- Florida
- Moscow
- Midwest
- Schoenbrun
- Miami
- Herblock
- France
- Soviet Union
- Hong Kong
- Harvard
- Little Rock
- England
- Wisconsin
- Pasadena
- Berlin
- Houston
- Owens Valley
- Buff
- Abilene
- Chungking
- Korea
- Kansas City
- Illinois
- New Deal
First Sentence edit
He was young and the industry was younger.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Halberstam (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 301.44920973
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Communication › Media & Politics
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Media Studies
- Books › Reference › Writing › Journalism
- Books › History › Americas › United States
- Books › Reference › Words & Language
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics
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