Robert Miraldi:Seymour Hersh: Schaufelkünstler von Robert Miraldi (englisch) Hardcover-Buch
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By Robert Miraldi. ?Andrew W. Griffin, Red Dirt Report. Robert Miraldi has dug out details you've never heard before. The clam of investigative reporters has been shrinking in the digital age. That's another reason this biography is important. The Nile on eBay FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Seymour Hersh by Robert Miraldi Seymour Hersh (b. 1937) has been the most important, famous, and controversial investigative journalist in the United States for the last forty years. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Seymour Hersh (b. 1937) has been the most important, famous, and controversial investigative journalist in the United States for the last forty years. After beginning his career as a police reporter in Chicago, Hersh went on to become a journalist for United Press International and the Associated Press, before coming to work for the New York Times in 1972. Since then he has published a number of controversial books about U.S. figures and policy, winning several prizes for his efforts, including the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award.From his exposeof the My Lai massacre and its cover-up in 1969 to his revelations about torture at Abu Ghraib prison in 2004, Hersh has consistently captured the public imagination and spurred policymakers to reform. He has also drawn the ire of presidents with his revelations, including a revealing volume about the wild and reckless White House under John F. Kennedy.Tracing his journey from the streets of Chicago to the newsrooms of the most powerful newspapers and magazines in the United States, Seymour Hersh tells the story of this Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. Robert Miraldi scrutinizes the scandals and national figures that have drawn Hersh's attention, from My Lai to Watergate, from John F. Kennedy to Henry Kissinger.This first-ever biography captures a stunningly successful career of important exposes and stunning accomplishments from a man whose unpredictable and quirky personality has turned him into an icon of American life and the unrivaled"scoop artist" of American journalism. Author Biography Robert Miraldi is an award-winning author, journalist, and columnist who has taught at the State University of New York for 30 years. In 2003 his biography, The Pen Is Mightier: The Muckraking Life of Charles Edward Russell, was named the best book in the country in journalism and mass communication. Table of Contents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Chasing Sy HershChapter 1. The Story No One WantedChapter 2. The Scoop Heard 'Round the WorldChapter 3. Hersh Becomes a TargetChapter 4. "Front Page" Lessons in ChicagoChapter 5. Selling, Publishing, FailingChapter 6. From the "Front Page" to the PentagonChapter 7. At War with the PentagonChapter 8. Fighting His EditorsChapter 9. Finding America's Hidden ArsenalChapter 10. Speaking for Gene McCarthyChapter 11. Stunning Triumph over GermsChapter 12. Scoop Artist Meets the Viet CongChapter 13. The Times Calls Chapter 14. Digging into WatergateChapter 15. Cambodia, Bombs, and ImpeachmentChapter 16. Hunting the Coup PlottersChapter 17. Skeletons Tumble from the CIA ClosetChapter 18. The Submarine CaperChapter 19. Going after "The Godfather"Chapter 20. The Big Apple Turns SourChapter 21. Scoop Artist versus Dr. KissingerChapter 22. The Summer's Literary FurorChapter 23. Who Shot Down the Korean Airliner?Chapter 24. Reporting the Worst-Kept Secret in the WorldChapter 25. Sex, Lies, and FraudChapter 26. Going after Sy HershChapter 27. The New Yorker YearsChapter 28. An Alternative View of the MideastChapter 29. Back on TopEpilogue: A Muckraker's Unfinished BusinessSelected Works of Seymour HershSeymour Hersh TimelineNotesIndex Review "An important, long-overdue biography."—Kirkus"Young, independent journalists—be it in newspapers or online—should take the time to read Scoop Artist and learn from Hersh's example. Robert Miraldi has given readers an excellent overview of Seymour Hersh—a true scoop artist."—Andrew W. Griffin, Red Dirt Report"This book is important. . . . A graphic, fact-filled biography of Sy Hersh, probably America's most unstoppable investigative journalist. You may remember him as the man who discovered the My Lai massacre but Hersh has [also] spent a half-century bulldozing our government and others when they try to deceive the public and stain democracy. Robert Miraldi has dug out details you've never heard before. The clam of investigative reporters has been shrinking in the digital age. That's another reason this biography is important. This Hersh book is impressive."—Sydney Schanberg, Pulitzer Prize–winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times"At last! Someone has cast a magnifying glass on the Sherlock Holmes of investigative reporters! Robert Miraldi's close-up examination of Seymour Hersh revels in the triumphs, controversies, and passions that have accompanied that reporter and unhinged Washington for fifty years. But more: Miraldi sheds light on what motivates a powerful bull-in-a-china-shop investigator and on how Hersh goes about finding all that exquisite porcelain to smash."—John Darnton, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and best-selling novelist Review Quote "This book is important. . . . A graphic, fact-filled biography of Sy Hersh, probably America's most unstoppable investigative journalist. You may remember him as the man who discovered the My Lai massacre but Hersh has [also] spent a half-century bulldozing our government and others when they try to deceive the public and stain democracy. Robert Miraldi has dug out details you've never heard before. The clam of investigative reporters has been shrinking in the digital age. That's another reason this biography is important. This Hersh book is impressive."-Sydney Schanberg, Pulitzer Prizewinning foreign correspondent for the New York Times Details ISBN1612344755 Author Robert Miraldi Short Title SEYMOUR HERSH Language English ISBN-10 1612344755 ISBN-13 9781612344751 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2013 Imprint Potomac Books Inc Subtitle Scoop Artist Place of Publication Dulles Country of Publication United States DEWEY 070.92 Affiliation State University of New York, New Palt Pages 448 Illustrations 13 photographs Publication Date 2013-10-15 UK Release Date 2013-10-15 AU Release Date 2013-10-15 NZ Release Date 2013-10-15 US Release Date 2013-10-15 Publisher Potomac Books Inc Audience General We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! 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