Cronkite's War
His World War II Letters Home
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [2013]
Format: Book
Description: xxxiv, 318 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
A giant in American journalism in the vanguard of "The Greatest Generation" reveals his World War II experiences in this National Geographic book.
Contents:
Foreword by Tom Brokaw -- Map : Walter Cronkite's World War II assignments -- Character key -- Introduction by Walter Cronkite IV -- A pretty personal matter -- The writing Sixty-Ninth -- The youthful dean of American air-war writers -- Invasion jitters -- Once this war is over -- Epilogue by Maurice Isserman -- Afterword by Walter Cronkite IV -- Time line.
Subjects:
Cronkite, Walter -- Correspondence.
Cronkite, Walter -- Family.
Cronkite, Betsy, -2005 -- Correspondence.
United Press International -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Correspondence.
War correspondents -- United States -- Correspondence.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London -- Anecdotes.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives.
Love-letters -- United States.
Cronkite, Walter -- Correspondence.
Cronkite, Walter -- Family.
Cronkite, Betsy, -2005 -- Correspondence.
United Press International -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Correspondence.
War correspondents -- United States -- Correspondence.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London -- Anecdotes.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives.
Love-letters -- United States.
ISBN:
9781426210198
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-314) and index.