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Assignment To Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle
THEIR WORK ON THE FRONT LINES MADE HEADLINES
In February 1943, a group of journalists—including a young wire service correspondent named Walter Cronkite and cub reporter Andy Rooney—clamored to fly along on a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. Seven of the sixty-four bombers that attacked a U-boat base that day never made it back to England. A fellow survivor, Homer Bigart of...more
In February 1943, a group of journalists—including a young wire service correspondent named Walter Cronkite and cub reporter Andy Rooney—clamored to fly along on a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. Seven of the sixty-four bombers that attacked a U-boat base that day never made it back to England. A fellow survivor, Homer Bigart of...more
Hardcover, 528 pages
Published
May 1st 2012
by NAL Hardcover
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Assignment to Hell: the War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A. J. Liebling, and Homer Bigart, by Timothy M. Gay, Narrated by Walter Dixon, Produced by Gildan Media LLC, downloaded from audible.com.
Their work on the front lines made headlines. In February 1943, a group of journalists - including a young wire-service correspondent named Walter Cronkite
and cub reporter Andy Rooney - clamored to fly along on a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. Seven of the 64 bom...more
Their work on the front lines made headlines. In February 1943, a group of journalists - including a young wire-service correspondent named Walter Cronkite
and cub reporter Andy Rooney - clamored to fly along on a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. Seven of the 64 bom...more
Oct 29, 2012
Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides
marked it as maybe-read-sometime
The Women Who Wrote the War kind of spoiled me I think ... this is probably an interesting book but right now I can't bring myself to read a book that (based on a quick skim of the index) is only about dudes. (Caldwell's book included the male lovers, husbands and colleagues of the women who were its focus.)
If you don't know where Walter Cronkite or Andy Rooney came from; If you are interested in the history of World War II; or if you want an engaging and interesting book about the practice of journalism; you will love this book. It is full of facts and while not portraying all WWII correspondents as heroes, it portrays the danger that was a constant part of their lives.
This was a very tough book to get through. It seemed more like a bad copy and paste job from other books that were written about this subject. I hope someone who has more knowledge and takes the time to properly research, write a book of a similar subject to do the men justice.
Not only does this book show the amazing lengths that these journalists went to to cover WWII, it also provides an excellent overview of the main events of the war.
Very good account of world war II war correspondents, some of the giants of journalism and broadcasting in the 20th century
WW II through the eyes of some of the most noted newsmen. A fresh look at the war through the work of young correspondents.
fascinating to find out what these 1st rate journalists thought about the war and did in it but how they knew one another.
The kind of book a teacher loves, full of anecdotes that are both interesting and informative. I'm the kind of person who always tries to imagine what elderly folk were like when they were teenagers (and what teenagers will be like as elderly folk), so this book definitely piqued my interest as it shows young and reckless Andy Rooney and Walter Cronkite. Makes me want to look up some of their old war articles.
Great insight to the difficulties of journalists on the front lines in WWII. Many stories for this WWII history buff that heretofore I was unaware of.
really good
Couldn't finish it because I couldn't get into it. My grandmother recommended it, and I'm sure it's an enlightening read, but I've read so many serious books this year that I wasn't motivated to get into this one.
11-03-12, 7:45 a.m.- Review to follow, damn it; I stayed up all night again to finish this book & am unfortunately in no condition to write anything before I get a couple of hours worth of sleep, my usual mason jar full of strong coffee, and a square or two...
What a debt of gratitude we all owe to the soldiers odpf World War II, and the correspondents that also went into harms wya to cover the action.
This book gives you a different perspective on the war.
slightly biased, as this was one of my work titles, but a really great read for anyone who enjoys biographies of journalists and reading about some of the more harrowing experiences as a reporter in the midst of crisis.
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