Julius

Superb retelling

Revisado: 07-20-17

What made the experience of listening to Dark Days in the Newsroom the most enjoyable?

I have on many occasions listened to quite a number of histories. This particular one places me right down in the period. I cannot say how exactly. I am too young to have a sensibility for that era but the audiobook gives me that opportunity. I had no idea just how much fear had gripped the country under the Red Scare and how persistent this state of affairs was.

What other book might you compare Dark Days in the Newsroom to and why?

Maybe "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" which I absorbed last year, a similar style I would say, or the Civil War Volumes that Shelby Foote penned so well and which were so engaging.

Which scene was your favorite?

I believe that the material examining McCarthy, his tactics, his interview style and the collaborators who worked with him was very interesting. All the different voices. I only wish there had been more of it but I suppose the writer is saving material for what may well be a sequel or 2nd volume.

Any additional comments?

I grew to love the ambience in this book, it spoke like a journal or diary oftentimes and confronted head on issues of that day.- The Red baiting, the destruction of lives and innocent families, the deep set fears about Communism, the attacks and attempted infiltration of the American press, I was surprised to learn of the shenanigans of the FBI and particularly J. Edgar Hoover. I know he was no angel but the government involvement in the infiltration of the Press was shocking.

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