The Newspaper Axis
Book description
How six conservative media moguls hindered America and Britain from entering World War II
"A damning indictment. . . . The parallels with today's right-wing media, on both sides of the Atlantic, are unavoidable."-Matthew Pressman, Washington Post
"A first-rate work of history."-Ben Yagoda, Wall Street Journal
As World War II…
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1 author picked The Newspaper Axis as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The efforts of antifascist foreign correspondents to bring the United States into the war on the side of the Allies are well known.
Olmsted shines a light on the less-recognized but equally consequential collaboration between American and British rightwing journalists who did not want their nations to war against Hitler. Olmsted’s account brims with hilarious passages about the eccentric lifestyles of media moguls such as William Randolph Hearst and Lord Beaverbrook, as well as jaw-dropping quotes from the editorial pages of their newspapers.
From Brooke's list on surprising histories about Americans abroad during WWII.
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