A Complex Fate: William L. Shirer and the American Century

by Ken Cuthbertson

Book Overview

William Shirer (1904-1993), a star foreign correspondent with the Chicago Tribune in the 1920s and '30s, was a prominent member of what one contemporary observer described as an extraordinary band of American journalists, "some with the Midwest hayseed still in their hair," who gave their North American audiences a visceral sense of how Europe was spiralling into chaos and war. In 1937, Shirer left print journalism and became the first of the now...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773545441
• ISBN13: 9780773545441
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 580 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"