Tracy M. (tracymar) reviewed on 5/29/2011 + 408 more book reviews

If you've seen Good Night and Good Luck or read the fantastic book Citizens of London(the best nonfiction book I've ever read) by Lynne Olsen, then you must read this book and listen to the actual broadcasts on the enclosed cd. And if you haven't done either of the above -- and surely you must read the Olsen book - then do get the book, if only to skip, and above all, listen to the actual broadcasts. Very informative and very moving. CS is narrated by Dan Rather but the broadcasts are the actual broadcasts of London during the war and the bombings by Edward R. Murrow. Amazon.com says: "The narrative offers clear journalistic prose throughout, along with 72 well-selected photographs and a 47-track audio CD excerpting significant broadcasts. The authors' handling of the incidents the broadcasters were covering is above-average, backed by CD excerpts of broadcasts on the Anschluss, the invasion of Poland, the blitz, D-Day, the liberation of Buchenwald among other major events. The result is admirable history."

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