This Is London

by Edward R. Murrow

Dispatches from the ultimate war correspondent of World War II

Genres: History, Journalism, World War II, Nonfiction, Essays, London

237 pages, Paperback

First published July 22, 1989

About the author

Edward R. "Ed" Murrow was an American journalist and television and radio figure. He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada. Mainstream historians consider him among journalism's greatest figures; Murrow hired a top-flight cadre of war correspondents and was noted for honesty and integrity in delivering the news. A pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of TV news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a bit slow-going to start. The beginning was slow, I think, just because that part of WWII was slow. Ed Murrow was such a great journalist and I like how he could give a fairly unbiased report. Once I got into mid-1940, things really picked up (London was bombed) and the pace was... exciting, if you can say that about destruction. Overall I really enjoyed reading his radio broadcasts and it was a great book for getting the brief history of WWII from start to spring of '41.

[Jimmy Cline]

Yeah, this is going to be easy to find.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best broadcaster to date, in my opinion.

[Colin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Selected transcripts of Murrow's wartime radio broadcasts.