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Title The price of truth : the journalist who defied military censors to report the fall of Nazi Germany / Richard Fine.

Publication Info. Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2023.
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 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  070.449 FINE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  070.4499 FINE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  070.4333 FINE    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-277) and index.
Contents Introduction: The Messiest Media Story of World War II -- Reporting the War in Europe -- The Military's Approach to the Press -- Reims -- "Unmention Use Phone" -- At the Hotel Scribe -- The Debate -- The Aftermath -- Media-Military Relations in the Good War.
Summary "This book examines the circumstances of AP journalist Edward Kennedy's bypassing military censorship to break the news of the German surrender he had just witnessed on May 7, 1945, and assesses the controversy that followed"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Kennedy, Ed, 1905-1963.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Press coverage.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Censorship.
War correspondents -- History -- 20th century.
HISTORY / World.
Kennedy, Ed, 1905-1963. (OCoLC)fst01944826
Censorship. (OCoLC)fst00850568
Journalists. (OCoLC)fst00984188
Press coverage. (OCoLC)fst01198921
War correspondents. (OCoLC)fst01170456
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Fine, Richard. Price of truth. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023 9781501765957 (DLC) 2022034162
ISBN 9781501765940 (hardcover)
1501765949 (hardcover)
9781501765957 electronic book
9781501765964 electronic book
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