February 1976
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Articles
The Power and the Profits: Part II
The advent of the half hour news program made television the major source of news for many Americans and the only source for a dismayingly large number of them. This vested in broadcasters awesome responsibilities and a sense that they had ventured into a political minefield. In the first installment of his two part examination of the growth of broadcasting, television journalism, and the CBS network in particular, David Halberstam showed how the medium became both a shaper and a creature of politics, both a maker and a prisoner of public tastes. In this installment he tells how three Presidents influenced and were influenced by TV, how TV made Vietnam into an electronic war, and how, reluctantly, it dealt with the Watergate tragedy.
Becoming Superb: How to Control Yourself and the People Around You
A corporate survivor’s manual that further refines techniques developed by Michael Kordite, author of the best-selling People! How to Get Them, How to Use Them.
Culture Watch
Landmark
Letters Home
Oscar Wilde
Carriers of the Dream Wheel
Gone for a Soldier
A Lovely Monster
The Verdict
Plains Indian Mythology
Fantasy
Wwii
The Russians
Party of One: Politics, Italian Style
Monumental Folly
Washington
Kissinger's Paper Peace: How Not to Handle the Middle East
In bringing about the recent agreement between Israel and Egypt, the American Secretary of State may have created nothing more than a piece of paper, and worse, “an insuperable impediment” to the achievement of a far-reaching and lasting settlement in the Middle East. So argues a one-time undersecretary of State and ambassador to the United Nations in this critique of Henry Kissinger’s mode of diplomacy.
Accountability
He's on Our Side
“. . . For he is our glory and pride; Our arms shall in battle with conquest be crowned Whilst virtue and he’s on our side And lie’s on our side.”
Part Two: Cbs: The Power & the Profits
The advent of the half-hour news program made television the major source of news for many Americans and the only source for a dismayingly large number of them. This vested in broadcasters awesome responsibilities, and a sense that they had ventured into a political minefield. In the first installment of his two-part examination of the growth of broadcasting, television journalism, and the CBS network in particular, David Halberstam showed how the medium became both a shaper and a creature of politics, both a maker and a prisoner of public tastes. In this installment he tells how three Presidents influenced and were influenced by TV‚ how TV made Vietnam into an electronic war, and how, reluctantly, it dealt with the Watergate tragedy.
Angel's Laundromat
A Snowfall
The Gardener in Winter
Now and in England
