Conversations with Walter Lippmann

by Walter Lippmann

Transcribed with the Cooperation of The Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

An Atlantic Monthly Press Book.

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

Walter Lippmann was an American intellectual, writer, reporter, and political commentator who gained notoriety for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War. Lippmann was twice awarded (1958 and 1962) a Pulitzer Prize for his syndicated newspaper column, "Today and Tomorrow."

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Walter Lippmann was a major journalistic force in mid-twentieth century America. These interviews are most interesting for his perspective on LBJ both before assuming the presidency, immediately after, and by early 1965, when Vietnam began to engulf him. Lippmann is incisive, and while not always right--he could not believe the United States would willingly bog itself down in the oft-advised against Asian land war, for example--I find him most interesting in juxtaposition to someone like I.F. Stone, or Chomsky, Zinn, etc.