| Description |
xi, 538 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction 1 -- 1. Tiananmen: The Burden of Truth -- 2. The Struggle to Get It Straight: The Early Years -- 3. The 1950s and 1960s: Forging a More Credible Voice -- 4. The VOA Correspondent: To the Ends of the Earth -- 5. From Here to Everywhere: Building a Global Network -- 6. Into the Citadel of "Ramshackle Excellence": A Portrait -- 7. The Struggle to Get It Straight: The Charter as Law -- 8. The Independence Debate: To the Brink and Back -- 9. The Tumultuous 1980s: A Lost Horizon Regained -- 10. The Epochal Years: 1969 and 1989 -- 11. Out of Africa: The Triumph of Straight Talk -- 12. On Language: Words and Their Stories -- 13. Music: The Universal Language -- 14. To the Roof of the World: The Tibetan Service Miracle -- 15. Middle East Flashbacks: The Wars of 1967 and 1991 -- 16. Into the 1990s: The Brave New World of Multimedia -- 17. The Struggle to Get It Straight: Independence at the New Millennium -- 18. America's Voice: A Voice for the Voiceless -- 19. Yearning to Breathe Free: Tales of Great VOA Escapes -- 20. The Struggle Goes On: VOA at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century -- Conclusion |
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Voice of America (Organization) -- History.
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Voice of America (Organization) |
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History. |
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International broadcasting -- United States -- History.
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International broadcasting. |
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United States. |
| ISBN |
0231126743 cloth alkaline paper |
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0231126751 paper alkaline paper |
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9780231126748 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780231126755 paper alkaline paper |
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