Howard K. Smith

A study of power and change in Washington, D.C. during the middle of the twentieth century.

Smith has always been best known for his commentaries, and Events Leading Up to My Death, in addition to being an elegantly written account of a fascinating life, is an eyewitness analysis of the times in which he lived. In his role as a journalist, Smith has written the first draft of history, and in this deeply personal book, he looks back over a lifetime of reporting and commenting to trace the threads that tie this century and his life together. His is a remarkable achievement.

Government official, educator. Topics include: Latin American relations; Eisenhower brothers; President Eisenhower and his administration; White House staff and organization; General Eisenhower's decisions to run in 1952 and 1956; 1960 campaign; Republican Critical Issues Council; impressions of Harry S. Truman, Richard Nixon, Joseph R. McCarthy, Lyndon B. Johnson, John Foster Dulles, Fidel Castro.

A radio journalist's comments on political and economic affairs - particularly on present day Russia and Germany.

The memoirs of one of America's most distinguished correspondents--now with a new introduction and previously unpublished photos. Howard K. Smith worked as a young reporter in Berlin during Hitler's rise to power, and for the first two years of the Second World War. Finally granted a visa to leave the country--coincidentally on December 7th, 1941--he wrote everything censors had forbidden about the physical, emotional, and psychological manipulation of the German people by Hitler, Goebbels, and their lackeys. His personal experiences under difficult circumstances are extraordinary enough, but his descriptions of people forced to join the war, compulsory Nazi Youth groups, and of the German high command read like a chilling thriller.