Editor Reviews:

Product Description:
"A fascinating read that, paired with the historic recordings, gives a thrilling sense of what it was like for Americans at home following the war in their living rooms."-Library Journal

"High-level drama"-Indianapolis Star

"Highly recommended."-Choice

The story of World War II was told first not by historians, but by reporters. And no one told that story with more impact than Edward R. Murrow and the remarkable band of reporters he assembled. World War II on the Air recounts the dramatic stories behind these extraordinary correspondents. And it lets you hear their actual broadcasts, culled from the archives and collected here-many for the first time-on audio CD, narrated by Dan Rather.

Rating : - Early Reporting On The Air
Excellent, valuable introduction and sampler to this topic; complements well Bob Edwards' work on Murrow and The Murrow Boys (and Girl)....
Appreciated especially:
the brief bios of the various chartacters, not only the well-known (Murrow, Shirer, Collingwood, etc.) but also the now lesser known (Paley, Paul White, Tom Grandin, for example).
The operative word here for both the book and CD is Intro....
What may be needed to supplement this work are CD sets of the actual broadcasts from archival sources, complete with the original intros and back-announces if extant. Indeed a sampling of a few original CBS evening news broadcasts in toto, to show how these overseas reports fitted in to regular domestic broadcasts. Of value would be the complete transcription of the first CBS Evening News Roundup, at the time of the Munich Crisis.
Years ago, CBS/Columbia issued a 2-LP set in the "I Can Hear It Now" series, of a sampling of Murrow's 1939-1946 broadcasts, from BBC and CBS archival material. This has been art of print for decades. A reissue of this on CD by Sony would be valuable, especially for the student of broadcast journalism.
Again, a very fine beginning.