| Description |
xvii, 514 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: At the dawn of history -- The Greek example -- The dissenters of Israel -- From a Chinese blacksmith -- The printer of Mainz -- A world without freedom -- pt.1. The winds of doctrine: News for the king -- "The times are daungerous" -- The press in the Americas -- Truth goes to trial -- The press after three hundred years -- pt.2. The violent journalists: Sundown in London -- The newspaper war -- "Congress shall make no law ... " -- At the barricades -- The merchant of news -- "The Thunderer" -- The Swiss doctor's prescription -- The press after four hundred years -- pt.3. New vistas, new goals: The reformers -- Member of the establishment -- A new birth of freedom -- On liberty -- pt.4. The imperial age: Swaraj -- "Dangerous thoughts" -- The warmakers -- The persecuted -- The wisdom of Liang Chi-chao -- New channels for news -- pt.5. A world in turmoil: Catastrophe -- The battle for America -- War and the press -- The battle for Russia -- The peace that failed -- The press and the peace -- pt.6. The old order changes: The lion at bay -- The conscience of Europe -- The jackal -- Der Fuehrer -- The might of Asia -- The American ordeal -- pt.7. Total war: The fall of Europe -- The power of the Soviet Union -- The misfortunes of war -- Tragic victory -- The press after five hundred years -- pt.8. Under the super-powers: Cold war -- The lamps go out in Prague -- Nehru's India -- On the red tide -- The "forgotten war" -- pt.9. The balance of terror: McCarthy -- The thaw -- The "hundred flowers" -- Good neighbors, and bad -- Eyeball to eyeball -- The great red schism -- An American tragedy -- The uses of the press -- pt.10. The lonely struggle: The Czech spring, and the fall -- Dissent in the Soviet Union -- Mao's way -- In China's orbit -- The fate of India -- Japan; forge of Asia -- pt.11. Into a revolutionary age: The third world -- The divided house of Europe -- The decline of Fleet Street -- The American giant -- pt.12. Free press/free people: The press today -- New roles for the press -- The explosion of techniques -- Television vs. the press -- The free press on trial. |
| Subject |
Freedom of the press.
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| ISBN |
023103315X |
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9780231033152 |
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