Ed Kennedy's War: V-E Day, Censorship, & the Associated Press

by Ed Kennedy

Book Overview

On May 7, 1945, Associated Press reporter Ed Kennedy became the most famous -- or infamous -- American correspondent of World War II. On that day in France, General Alfred Jodl signed the official documents as the Germans surrendered to the Allies. Army officials allowed a select number of reporters, including Kennedy, to witness this historic moment -- but then instructed the journalists that the story was under military embargo. In a courageous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807145254
• ISBN13: 9780807145258
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"