High Tension: The Recollections Of Hugh Baillie
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few men witnessed the twentieth century's most defining moments with the same vantage point as Hugh Baillie, the hard-driving president of United Press who transformed wire-service journalism into a global force. High Tension chronicles Baillie's remarkable career as a front-line reporter and news executive, recounting his personal interviews with figures such as Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Emperor Hirohito, and Harry S. Truman, while detailing his relentless pursuit of the story across the battlefields of World War II and the corridors of world power. Written with the same urgency that defined his decades in the newsroom, this illustrated memoir presents a rare insider's account of how the news was gathered, fought over, and delivered to millions during the most turbulent era in modern history. Beyond its value as a gripping personal narrative, High Tension stands as an authoritative document of mid-century journalism and international affairs, illustrating how a single tenacious institution shaped public understanding of global events. Baillie's prose is direct and unadorned — the voice of a man who measured words by the column inch and valued truth above all — yet his storytelling carries an undeniable dramatic momentum that draws the reader from dateline to dateline. For anyone fascinated by the mechanics of power, the ethics of the press, or the sheer audacity required to report from the edge of history, this memoir poses a question that lingers long after the final page: how much of the world we think we know was shaped by the men who chose which stories to tell?
Author: Hugh Baillie
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few men witnessed the twentieth century's most defining moments with the same vantage point as Hugh Baillie, the hard-driving president of United Press who transformed wire-service journalism into a global force. High Tension chronicles Baillie's remarkable career as a front-line reporter and news executive, recounting his personal interviews with figures such as Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Emperor Hirohito, and Harry S. Truman, while detailing his relentless pursuit of the story across the battlefields of World War II and the corridors of world power. Written with the same urgency that defined his decades in the newsroom, this illustrated memoir presents a rare insider's account of how the news was gathered, fought over, and delivered to millions during the most turbulent era in modern history. Beyond its value as a gripping personal narrative, High Tension stands as an authoritative document of mid-century journalism and international affairs, illustrating how a single tenacious institution shaped public understanding of global events. Baillie's prose is direct and unadorned — the voice of a man who measured words by the column inch and valued truth above all — yet his storytelling carries an undeniable dramatic momentum that draws the reader from dateline to dateline. For anyone fascinated by the mechanics of power, the ethics of the press, or the sheer audacity required to report from the edge of history, this memoir poses a question that lingers long after the final page: how much of the world we think we know was shaped by the men who chose which stories to tell?