Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War

"The American foreign correspondent burst on the scene in the 1920s and 1930s, urging Americans to abandon their isolationist preferences for a full-on engagement in world leadership. Four of the highest-profile correspondents, John Gunther, H.R. Knickerbocker, Vincent Sheean and Dorothy Thompson, chased each other across Europe, mixing friendships and professional rivalries as well as advocacy and reporting. This is an insightful look at early pack journalism trying to make sense of the dictators who would bring the U.S. fully into the global chess game."