• Introduction: selling the Cold War consensus; 1. Business, the state, and information from World War II to Cold War; 2. Democracy and the advent of television news; 3. The State Department's domestic information programs; 4. The television industry at war in Korea; 5. The White House and NBC present battle report - Washington; 6. The Defense Department's domestic information programs; 7. Objectivity and consensus journalism; Conclusion; Selling America: corporate prerogatives and democratic processes.

"The author chooses well-chosen sources to document 'East-West relations steeped in consumer oriented anti-communism,' which helped to form a 'Cold War consensus.'...She shares acute insights on the power of metaphor--as when many characterized television as an X-ray and a mirror--and provides a persuasive concluding chapter, 'Selling America.' A readable book recommended for all collections." Choice

• Introduction: selling the Cold War consensus; 1. Business, the state, and information from World War II to Cold War; 2. Democracy and the advent of television news; 3. The State Department's domestic information programs; 4. The television industry at war in Korea; 5. The White House and NBC present battle report - Washington; 6. The Defense Department's domestic information programs; 7. Objectivity and consensus journalism; Conclusion; Selling America: corporate prerogatives and democratic processes.

"The author chooses well-chosen sources to document 'East-West relations steeped in consumer oriented anti-communism,' which helped to form a 'Cold War consensus.'...She shares acute insights on the power of metaphor--as when many characterized television as an X-ray and a mirror--and provides a persuasive concluding chapter, 'Selling America.' A readable book recommended for all collections." Choice

• Introduction: selling the Cold War consensus; 1. Business, the state, and information from World War II to Cold War; 2. Democracy and the advent of television news; 3. The State Department's domestic information programs; 4. The television industry at war in Korea; 5. The White House and NBC present battle report - Washington; 6. The Defense Department's domestic information programs; 7. Objectivity and consensus journalism; Conclusion; Selling America: corporate prerogatives and democratic processes.

"The author chooses well-chosen sources to document 'East-West relations steeped in consumer oriented anti-communism,' which helped to form a 'Cold War consensus.'...She shares acute insights on the power of metaphor--as when many characterized television as an X-ray and a mirror--and provides a persuasive concluding chapter, 'Selling America.' A readable book recommended for all collections." Choice