Between You and Me: A Memoir with 82-Minute DVD [With DVD]

by Gary Paul Gates and Mike Wallace

Book Overview

Mike Wallace. His very name conjures up a certain kind of journalism--smart, informed, intense, and groundbreaking. Who else has wrangled sit-downs with his roster of world leaders and criminals,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401300294
• ISBN13: 9781401300296
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Masterpiece

Good Lord, the man is 87 years old! And still going strong! For veteran TV journalist Mike Wallace, one advantage of old age is that he who lives longest gets to write the last word. And in this, his second memoir, Wallace does precisely that. The book is promoted as a collection of his most memorable interviews, beginning with those heady days in the 1950s when he arrived on the scene...

A Great Bargain for Any News Junkie!

I love Mike Wallace as a journalist and television broadcaster. In this book, he writes about his abundance of great memories, regrets, apologies, and encounters with celebrities like Barbra Streisand, Vanessa Redgrave CBE, Tina Turner, and Shirley Maclaine. He also writes about his encounters with mobsters, politicians, diplomats, and even Yasir Arafat in the Middle East chapter which has some great insights into Arafat's way of thinking. At first, Wallace was supposed to dislike Arafat for what he represented as terrorism but he grew to like him despite his own Jewish heritage which he separates from his journalism. Wallace knows first hand about being Jewish and writes about his encounter with Mel Brooks who mocks Adolph Hitler in the musical, "The Producers." Wallace is a hard hitting journalist who doesn't ask easy questions. This book is first rate and with it includes a dvd featuring his interviews. I wished that he included Janet Flanner in this book but I'm sure that he has volumes of materials.

Every High School Should Have This Book In Its Library

There is so much for one to learn in the lives of people who have influenced the world in their own special way whether they are famous or infamous. With one notable exception Mike Wallace has interviewed nearly all of them. With the additional assist of the DVD Wallace brings out the human side of these people by asking many of the questions we would like to ask if we had the chance. The book covers presidents, their wives, civil rights, leaders in the middle east, crooks, military people, and people in the fine arts and movie industry. Wallace has interviewed all but one of our country's presidents in the last 50 years with his probing questions. It's time for our present president to get away from the comfort of his screened audience and have a session with Mike Wallace.

A double delight, as it contains a DVD with highlights of his best interviews!

How often does a book come along which should delight both readers and non-readers? This one does, because those who aren't fond of reading can simply watch the DVD of Wallace's finest interviews (included with this book). After that, I'm betting they'll want to read the book, if only to get the kind of details that the DVD only hints at. Wallace not only opens up about his personal life but shares plenty of anecdotes about celebrities and life on the 60 Mintues set. He also is quite honest about his struggle with a particularly intense depression, one that nearly sidelined him. This section alone should serve as inspiraton to readers who think that successful people are somehow impervious to pain and difficulty. I was impressed by his willingness to speak honestly about this challenging part of his life. As someone who can (by his own admission) be blunt and perhaps too outspoken at times, Wallace also reveals some of the tiffs and rough moments he has had with some of his subjects- and when and how he made up with most of them...but not all. He had his share of enemies as well as at least one major lawsuit (a lawsuit that may have been a factor in his depression). Wallace has interviewed an amazing number of famous people, from Richard Nixon to Nancy Reagan, from crooks to celebrities, famous athletes as well as statesmen.

Brings modern history alive

I heard Imus interviewing Wallace on his show. I bought the book because of the obvious emotional attachment Wallace had with the book/DVD. I have to tell you, it is one of the most compelling views of modern history available. I highly recommend it.