With Malice Toward None: A War Diary
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First Ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At the heart of Britain's wartime media establishment, Cecil H. King witnessed the Second World War not from the trenches, but from the corridors of power — and his diary crackles with the tension, intrigue, and moral weight of a nation fighting for survival. With Malice Toward None is a primary-source war diary that chronicles King's observations as chairman of the Daily Mirror group, capturing the daily pulse of British civilian and political life between 1939 and 1945, from the Blitz to the build-up to victory. Edited by William Armstrong and published by Sidgwick & Jackson, this volume presents a compelling insider's perspective on wartime Britain, unfiltered and immediate. King's prose is candid and sharply observational, offering portraits of Churchill, Beaverbrook, and other towering figures of the age with a journalist's eye for detail and a boardroom insider's access. The result is an invaluable historical document that raises enduring questions about power, propaganda, and the press in times of national crisis — leaving readers to wonder just how much of the war was won in the newsroom.
Author: Cecil H. King
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Sidgwick & Jackson
Genre: WW2
Edition: First Ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At the heart of Britain's wartime media establishment, Cecil H. King witnessed the Second World War not from the trenches, but from the corridors of power — and his diary crackles with the tension, intrigue, and moral weight of a nation fighting for survival. With Malice Toward None is a primary-source war diary that chronicles King's observations as chairman of the Daily Mirror group, capturing the daily pulse of British civilian and political life between 1939 and 1945, from the Blitz to the build-up to victory. Edited by William Armstrong and published by Sidgwick & Jackson, this volume presents a compelling insider's perspective on wartime Britain, unfiltered and immediate. King's prose is candid and sharply observational, offering portraits of Churchill, Beaverbrook, and other towering figures of the age with a journalist's eye for detail and a boardroom insider's access. The result is an invaluable historical document that raises enduring questions about power, propaganda, and the press in times of national crisis — leaving readers to wonder just how much of the war was won in the newsroom.