From the Book - First edition.
pt. 1: The making of a reporter
pt. 2: The Second World War
From the Nuremberg Trials to Russia
pt. 3: Cold War broadcaster
Election night and UNIVAC
The Huntley and Brinkley challenge
New space frontier on CBS
The Kennedy assassination
Who's afraid of the Nielsen Ratings?
Paley's attempted smackdown
Civil rights and Project Gemini
What to do about Vietnam?
Reportable truth in the age of Nixon
Fan clubs, stalkers, and political good-byes
Struggling elder statesman
"The world's oldest reporter"
Epilogue: Electronic Uncle Sam.
From the Large Print - First HarperLuxe edition.
The making of a reporter. Missouri boy ; Houston youth ; Learning a trade ; Making of a unipresser
The Second World War. Gearing up for Europe ; The writing Sixty-ninth ; Dean of the air war ; Gliding to V-E Day ; From the Nuremberg Trials to Russia
Cold War broadcaster. Infancy of TV news ; Election night and UNIVAC ; Mr. CBS utility man ; The Huntley and Brinkley challenge ; Torch is passed ; New space frontier on CBS
Anchorman. Anchorman of Camelot ; The Kennedy assassination ; Who's afraid of the Nielsen Ratings? ; Paley's attempted smackdown ; Civil rights and Project Gemini ; What to do about Vietnam? ; The Tet Offensive
Top game. Calm and chaos of 1968 ; Mr. Moon Shot ; Avatar of Earth Day ; The Nixon-versus-CBS war ; Reportable truth in the age of Nixon ; Fan clubs, stalkers, and political good-byes ; A time to heal ; Live with Jimmy Carter
The spokesperson. Retirement blues ; Struggling elder statesman ; Defiant liberal ; "The world's oldest reporter" ; The new millennium ; Electronic Uncle Sam.