Search for a Key

Duranty, Walter

Edité par Simon and Schuster, New York, 1943

Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". 313pp. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of blue cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Blind stamp to front free endpaper. Toning to endpapers. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Walter Duranty (1884-1957) was a British-American journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times. He gained prominence for his coverage of the Soviet Union during the 1920s and 1930s. Duranty's reporting, particularly on Joseph Stalin's regime and the Soviet government's policies, has been criticized for its sympathetic tone and failure to accurately portray the atrocities occurring in the Soviet Union. Duranty's coverage downplayed the severity of the Holodomor, a man-made famine in Ukraine from 1932 to 1933, and he faced accusations of essentially serving as a propagandist for the Soviet government. Despite the criticism and later revelations about the extent of the human rights abuses under Stalin, Duranty was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for his reporting on the Soviet Union. Over time, his work has become a subject of historical scrutiny, reflecting the challenges and ethical considerations in journalism, particularly in reporting on authoritarian regimes. N° de réf. du vendeur 14194

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Search for a Key
Éditeur : Simon and Schuster, New York
Date d'édition : 1943
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Good