MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 04215cam 2200697 a 4500
001 ocm33358505
003 OCoLC
005 20101012143719.0
008 951013s1996 paua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 95039362
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dNLGGC$dBTCTA$dLVB$dYDXCP$dUBC$dGEBAY
020 $a1566393671
020 $a9781566393676
035 $a(OCoLC)33358505
043 $ae-gr---$an-us---
050 00 $aHV6535.G83$bT485 1996
082 00 $a364.1/523/094956$220
084 $a15.70$2bcl
100 1 $aVlanton, Elias,$d1951-
245 10 $aWho killed George Polk? :$bthe press covers up a death in the family /$cElias Vlanton, with Zak Mettger.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bTemple University Press,$c1996.
300 $axiv, 322 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-307) and index.
520 $aReconstructing the murder, investigation, trial, and aftermath, Who Killed George Polk? offers a penetrating analysis of the willingness of the American media - including CBS and a committee of prominent journalists headed by Walter Lippmann - to accept the government's version of events despite numerous inconsistencies. The book also explores the fate of the handful of journalists who had questioned the original coverup and shows that even when additional developments turned the official version on its head, they were no longer in a position to press for a new investigation. All had become victims of anticommunist witchhunts. Arguing that the mainstream media and U.S. government were so blinded by cold war political considerations that they overlooked the most obvious culprits for the Polk murder, Elias Vlanton proves that Polk was likely killed neither by the communists, as originally charged, nor by corrupt Greek government officials, as claimed by a recent book and a CBS 60 Minutes broadcast. Instead, based on evidence uncovered during Vlanton's nineteen-year investigation of the case, the author presents the only plausible scenario of how and why Polk was murdered.
650 0 $aMurder$zGreece$zThessalonikē$xCase studies.
600 10 $aPolk, George,$d1913-1948.
650 0 $aMurder victims$zGreece$zThessalonikē$xCase studies.
650 0 $aForeign correspondents$zGreece$zThessalonikē$xCase studies.
651 0 $aGreece$xPolitics and government$y1935-1967.
650 0 $aJournalists$xPolitical activity$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1953.
650 17 $aPolitieke moorden.$2gtt
600 16 $aPolk, George,$d1913-1948.
650 6 $aMeurtre$zGrèce$zThessalonique$xCas, Études de.
650 6 $aVictimes d'homicide$zGrèce$zThessalonique$xCas, Études de.
650 6 $aCorrespondants à l'étranger$zGrèce$zThessalonique$vCas, Études de.
650 6 $aJournalistes$zÉtats-Unis$xParticipation politique$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
651 6 $aGrèce$xPolitique et gouvernement$y1935-1967.
651 6 $aÉtats-Unis$xPolitique et gouvernement$y1945-1953.
600 17 $aPolk, George$2swd
650 07 $aMord$2swd
650 07 $aMassenmedien$2swd
650 07 $aBerichterstattung$2swd
700 1 $aMettger, Zak.
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c34.50$d25.88$i1566393671$n0002688725$sactive
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n95039362
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n1203128
952 $a33358505$zDLC$bLIBRARY OF CONGRESS$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$nSummary$u20100702
952 $a133864461$zRBN$bBROWN UNIV$hFull$iLCC$u20100625
952 $a176413529$zPUL$bPRINCETON UNIV$hPrepub$iLCC$kDDC$u20100721
952 $a189786384$zPAU$bUNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$u20100721
952 $a241383802$zHLS$bHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBR$hLess-than-full batch$iLCC$kDDC$u20100802
952 $a369773876$zUBY$bBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV LIBR$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$u20100723
952 $a477180226$zTEU$bTEMPLE UNIV$hFull$u20100628
952 $a487486723$zN15$bNEW YORK UNIV, GROUP BATCHLOAD$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$u20100705
029 1 $aNLGGC$b142398284
029 1 $aYDXCP$b1203128
029 1 $aAU@$b000012007872
029 1 $aGEBAY$b2588564
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 268 OTHER HOLDINGS