Walter Lippmann and the American century
"Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) has been hailed as the greatest journalist of his age. For more than sixty years he exerted unprecedented influence on American public opinion through his writing, especially his famous newspaper column. Drawing on conversations with Lippmann and on exclusive access to his private papers, Ronald Steel reveals for the first time the story of Lippmann's largely unrecognized additional role in twentieth-century history: his active involvement behind the scenes with presidents, politicians, and powerbrokers in helping to shape the very events he wrote about, events that changed the fate of nations."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©1999
Transaction, New Brunswick, N.J., ©1999