From Cab Rides to the Cold War: Richard Rovere, the New Yorker, and Postwar Washington

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Abstract

This article explores how Richard H. Rovere's "Letter from Washington" helped the New Yorker become a prominent voice on U.S. politics in the years following World War II. He combined the style of a literary critic with a detached approach to politics to create a style that distinguished the New Yorker's Washington reports from those of its competitors and helped shape the magazine's reputation as a powerful player in the postwar political culture. His consistent support of the anti-Communist foreign policy that was pursued by the Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower administrations reinforced the Cold War consensus in the early 1950s. This article draws on archival materials, including the Rovere and the New Yorker papers, as well as the political pieces that he contributed to the magazine between 1948 and 1954, when he established his reputation as a Washington correspondent.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalJournalism History
Volume36
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Magazines
  • New Yorker
  • World War II
  • politics

EGS Disciplines

  • United States History
  • Communication
  • Journalism Studies
  • Mass Communication

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