Description: Further DetailsTitle: NBC Goes to WarCondition: NewSubtitle: The Diary of Radio Correspondent James Cassidy from London to the BulgeISBN-10: 0823299325EAN: 9780823299324ISBN: 9780823299324Publisher: Fordham University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 03/29/2022Description: The diary of radio correspondent James Cassidy presents a unique view of World War II as this reporter followed the Allied armies into Nazi Germany.James Joseph Cassidy was one of 362 American journalists accredited to cover the European Theater of Operations between June 7, 1944, and the war’s end. Radio was relatively new, and World War II was its first war. Among the difficulties facing historians examining radio reporters during that period is that many potential primary documents—their live broadcasts—were not recorded. In NBC Goes to War, Cassidy’s censored scripts alongside his personal diary capture a front-line view during some of the nastiest fighting in World War II as told by a seasoned NBC reporter.James Cassidy was ambitious and young, and his coverage of World War II for the NBC radio network notched some notable firsts, including being the first to broadcast live from German soil and arranging the broadcast of a live Jewish religious service from inside Nazi Germany while incoming mortar and artillery shells fell 200 yards away. His diary describes how he gathered news, how it was censored, and how it was sent from the battle zone to the United States. As radio had no pictures, reporters quickly developed a descriptive visual style to augment dry facts. All of Cassidy’s stories, from the panic he felt while being targeted by German planes to his shock at the deaths of colleagues, he told with grace and a reporter’s lean and engaging prose.Providing valuable eyewitness material not previously available to historians, NBC Goes to War tells a “bottom-up” narrative that provides insight into war as fought and chronicled by ordinary men and women. Cassidy skillfully placed listeners alongside him in the ruins of Aachen, on icy back roads crawling with spies, and in a Belgian bar where a little girl wailed “Les Américains partent!” when Allied troops retreated to safety, leaving the town open to German re-occupation. With a journalistic eye for detail, NBC Goes to War unforgettably portrays life in the press corps. This newly uncovered perspective also helps balance the CBS-heavy radio scholarship about the war, which has always focused heavily on Edward R. Murrow and his “Murrow’s Boys.”Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: James CassidyContributor: Michael Sweeney (Edited by)Genre: Films & TVBook Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical DimensionTopic: Literary Criticism, Biography, History, Military HistoryRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: NBC Goes to War
Title: NBC Goes to War
Subtitle: The Diary of Radio Correspondent James Cassidy from London to the
ISBN-10: 0823299325
EAN: 9780823299324
ISBN: 9780823299324
Release Date: 03/29/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Michael Sweeney (Edited by)
Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
Book Title: Nbc Goes to War : the Diary of Radio Correspondent James Cassidy from London to the Bulge
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Military / World War II, Personal Memoirs, Journalism, World
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: James Cassidy
Item Length: 9.3 in
Book Series: World War II: the Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
