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Cronkite's War: Walter Cronkite's World War II Letters Home
Cronkite's War Walter Cronkite's World War II Letters Home
Author: Walter Cronkite IV, Maurice Isserman
A giant in American journalism in the vanguard of "The Greatest Generation" reveals his World War II experiences in this National Geographic book. Walter Cronkite, an obscure 23-year-old United Press wire service reporter, married Betsy Maxwell on March 30, 1940, following a four-year courtship. She proved to be the love of his life, and their m...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781426210198
ISBN-10: 1426210191
Publication Date: 5/7/2013
Pages: 352
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Publisher: National Geographic
Book Type: Hardcover
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hardtack avatar reviewed Cronkite's War: Walter Cronkite's World War II Letters Home on + 2701 more book reviews
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If you are interested in Walter Cronkite or his love for his wife. then this is a book for you. If you think you are mostly interested in WW II journalism, then you should probably read some other book. Journalism takes a second place to Walter's career and his love for Betsy.

Still, it was a nice book, put together by their grandson.

If you are interested in war journalism overall, I suggest "The First Casualty" by Phillip Knightley. The title comes from a statement supposedly made by a U.S. Senator, "The first casualty of war is truth."
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