Assignment Russia : becoming a foreign correspondent in the crucible of the Cold War /
Kalb, Marvin L.,
Assignment Russia : becoming a foreign correspondent in the crucible of the Cold War / Marvin Kalb. - xii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
"In the book Kalb captures the excitement of being present at the creation of a whole new way of bringing news immediately to the public. And what news. Cold War tensions were high between Eisenhower's America and Khrushchev's Soviet Union. Kalb is at the center, occupying a unique spot as a student of Russia tasked with explaining Moscow to Washington and the American public. He joins a cast of legendary figures along the way, from Murrow himself to Eric Severeid, Howard K. Smith, Richard Hottelet, Charles Kuralt, and Daniel Schorr among many others. He finds himself assigned as Moscow correspondent for CBS News just as the U2 incident-the downing of a U.S. spy plane over Russian territory-is unfolding"--
9780815738961 081573896X
2020952502
GBC149756 bnb
020145479 Uk
Kalb, Marvin L.
Kalb, Marvin L.--Travel--Soviet Union.
Kalb, Marvin L.--Biography.
Television journalists--United States--Biography.
Foreign correspondents--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Politics and government.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations.
Autobiographies.
Assignment Russia : becoming a foreign correspondent in the crucible of the Cold War / Marvin Kalb. - xii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
"In the book Kalb captures the excitement of being present at the creation of a whole new way of bringing news immediately to the public. And what news. Cold War tensions were high between Eisenhower's America and Khrushchev's Soviet Union. Kalb is at the center, occupying a unique spot as a student of Russia tasked with explaining Moscow to Washington and the American public. He joins a cast of legendary figures along the way, from Murrow himself to Eric Severeid, Howard K. Smith, Richard Hottelet, Charles Kuralt, and Daniel Schorr among many others. He finds himself assigned as Moscow correspondent for CBS News just as the U2 incident-the downing of a U.S. spy plane over Russian territory-is unfolding"--
9780815738961 081573896X
2020952502
GBC149756 bnb
020145479 Uk
Kalb, Marvin L.
Kalb, Marvin L.--Travel--Soviet Union.
Kalb, Marvin L.--Biography.
Television journalists--United States--Biography.
Foreign correspondents--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Politics and government.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations.
Autobiographies.