Author:
Bernstein, Mark, 1950 January 30-
Imprint:Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks MediaFusion, c2003.
Descriptionxv, 282 p. : illus. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Note:The audio reports from Edward R. Murrow and the Murrow Boys: Anschluss (March 13, 1938) -- Eve of war (August 28, 1939) -- War is declared (September 3, 1939) -- A peace of sorts (September 29, 1939) -- The "phony war" (January 18, 1940) -- Hitler's return (January 30, 1940) -- Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium invaded (May 10, 1940) -- Chamberlain resigns (May 10, 1940) -- German bombing of Paris (June 3, 1940) -- Italy to enter war (June 4, 1940) -- Dunkirk/Churchill: "We shall never surrender" (June 4, 1940) -- German troops enter Paris (June 14, 1940) -- France surrenders at Compiègne Forest (June 21-22, 1940) -- London after dark (August 24, 1940) -- Bombs over Berlin (August 25, 1940) -- London is burning (September 8, 1940) -- A few German pilots (September 10, 1940) -- Rooftop air raid (September 20, 1940) -- Christmas / "So long and good luck" (December 24, 1940) -- "The bombing has been heavy" (April 16, 1941) -- Big Ben bombed (May 11, 1941) -- Japanese Embassy (December 7, 1942) -- "A day which will live in infamy" (December 8, 1941) -- Repulse sunk, Brown saved (December 12, 1941) -- Suicide job of the 1942 war (May 16, 1942) -- Algiers (November 15, 1942) -- Axis retreat in North Africa (December 16, 1942) -- Invasion of Sicily (July 10, 1943) -- Chinese situation (September 10, 1943) -- Race for the possession of Italy (September 10, 1943) -- Orchestrated hell (December 3, 1943) -- Capture of Rome (June 5, 1944) -- "Sterner stuff lies ahead" (June 5, 1944) -- Eisenhower's "Order of the day" / D-Day (June 6, 1944) -- Flying over Normandy (June 6, 1944) -- Utah Beach (June 6, 1944) -- Liberation of Paris (premature report) (August 23, 1944) -- Paris not yet free (August 24, 1944) -- Market Garden / Parachute drop (September 17, 1944) -- Street fighting (October 16, 1944) -- Crossing the Rhine (March 24, 1945) -- Paratroopers (March 24, 1945) -- Buchenwald (April 15, 1945) -- V-E Day in New York (May 8, 1945) -- V-E Day in Piccadilly Circus (May 8, 1945) -- 9:15 over Hiroshima (September 10, 1945)
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-270) and index.
Note:Recommended in Best Books for Academic Libraries
Location Note : REQUEST CD-ROM AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.
