{"product_id":"the-powers-that-be-paperback","title":"The Powers That Be - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Halberstam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrackling with the personalities, conflicts, and ambitions that transformed the media from something that followed the news to something that formed it, \u003ci\u003eThe Powers That Be\u003c\/i\u003e is David Halberstam's forceful account of the rise of modern media as an instrument of political power, published here with a new introduction by the author. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beginning with FDR's masterful use of radio to establish the sense of a personal, benevolently paternal relationship with the American people and culminating in the discovery and coverage of the Watergate break-in, Halberstam tracks the firm establishment of the media as a potent means of shaping both public opinion and public policy. He tells the story through vivid, intimate portraits of the men, women, and politics behind four key media organizations: CBS and its board chairman William S. Paley; Time magazine and its cofounder Henry Luce; the Washington Post and successive publishers Philip Graham and his wife, Katherine; and the Los Angeles Times and publishers Norman Chandler and his son, Otis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Halberstam, \u003c\/b\u003e a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist formerly with the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best and the Brightest, The Fifties, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Amateurs, \u003c\/i\u003e among many other books. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 792\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.64 x 9.31 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684947431487,"sku":"9780252069413","price":31.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ed8bec389931078ff0f3d75bf7c1970d.webp?v=1764969290","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-powers-that-be-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}