A Complex Fate: William L. Shirer and the American Century

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 0773545441 ISBN13: 9780773545441 Release Date: May 2015 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press Length: 580 Pages Weight: 1.15 lbs. Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.2" William Shirer (1904-1993), a star foreign correspondent with the Chicago Tribune in the 1920s and '30s, was a prominent member of what one contemporary observer described as an extraordinary band of American journalists, "some with the Midwest hayseed still in their hair," who gave their North American audiences a visceral sense of how Europe was spiralling into chaos and war. In 1937, Shirer left print journalism and became the first of the now legendary "Murrow boys," working as an on-air partner to the iconic CBS broadcaster Edward R. Murrow. With Shirer reporting from inside Nazi Germany and Murrow from blitz-ravaged London, the pair built CBS's European news operation into the industry leader and, in the process, revolutionized broadcasting. But after th