Redeeming the Wasteland: Television Documentary and Cold War Politics

by Michael Curtin

Book Overview

During the early 1960s, the "golden age" of network documentary, commercial television engaged in one of the most ambitious public education efforts in U.S. history as all three networks dramatically expanded their documentary programming. Promoted by government leaders, funded by broadcasters, and hailed by critics, these documentaries sought to mobilize public opinion behind a more activist policy of U.S. leadership around the globe. The programs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813522226
• ISBN13: 9780813522227
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"