Baldwin of The times : Hanson W. Baldwin, a military journalist's life, 1903-1991 / Robert B. Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Robert B., 1933- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baldwin, Hanson Weightman, 1903-1991.

Baldwin, Hanson Weightman.

Journalists--United States--Biography.

Journalists.

War correspondents--United States--Biography.

War correspondents.

Foreign correspondents--United States--Biography.

Foreign correspondents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hanson W. Baldwin was America's best-known military writer and analyst in the 20th Century covering conflicts from World War II to the Vietnam War. He was the military editor of the New York Times for forty years and his dispatches from Guadalcanal and the Western Pacific won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1943.This first biography of this Naval Academy graduate begins with an appreciation of the human and literary values learned from his Baltimore newspaper family. His midshipman years, 1920-1924, taught him the value of concentration. After three years of active service, he chose the life of a prof

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknoweldgments; Introduction ; 1. A Baltimore Youth, 1903-20; 2. The Annapolis Years, 1920-24; 3. Showing the Flag, 1924-27; 4. In Search of a Vocation, 1927-29; 5. On General Assignment, 1929-36; 6. A New Assignment, 1937; 7. Distant Thunder, 1933-39; 8. Danger Ahead, Prepare Now, 1940-41; 9. ""This Is a War We Can Lose,"" 1942; 10. War and the 1943 Prize; 11. Total War, 1944; 12. 1945: The Road's End; 13. The World of Tomorrow, 1946-49; 14. Korea, 1950-53; 15. The Dean of American Military Analysts, 1950s ; 16. The Winds of Change: The Times and Washington, 1961-66

17. Duty and Despair: The Vietnam War, 1962-6818. An Old-Fashioned Fellow, 1969-80s; Appendix ; Notes ; Selected Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61251-458-8

OCLC:

855969828