The Powers That Be- Softcover Edition by Halberstam, David - 1979

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. 1st Edition Later Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 6" x 9.25" x 1.75" inches. VERY GOOD. Slight edge wear to softcover. Clean unmarked textMAY HAVE WATER ON THE LOWER RIGHT EDGE, BUT HARDLY NOTICABLE., tight spine. An extraordinary achievement. It chronicles the stunning rise in power and influence of America's communications empires. It opens our eyes to the domination of government by the media. Includes an Index. (Key Words: Journalism, Watergate, White House, ABC, NBC, CBS, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, Vietnam, Advertising, Communications, Press, David Halberstam, William S. Paley, Henry Luce, Kyle Palmer, Phil Graham, James Russell Wiggins, Washington Post, Vietnam War, Television, Frank Stanton, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Richard S. Salant, Dan Rather, Pulitzer Prizes, Political Campaigns, Richard M. Nixon, Edward R. Murrow, Eugene Meyer, Walter Lippmann, Los Angeles Times, Hubert H. Humphrey, John F. Kennedy, H. R. Haldeman, Katharine Meyer Graham, Walter Cronkitr, Dwright David Eisenhower, Richard Clurman, Norman Chandler, Edmund G. Brown, Watergate, Benjamin C. Bradlee. Detailed history of the American communication giants and how they came to be: Time, CBS, Washington Post, LA Times. 8 vo, 771 pages, 1979, Borzoi Edition, has index.