?This historical account informs readers of the ways and means used by network personnel to bring the latest news and other programs from Europe to American listeners. The book focuses on those years immediately preceding and at the beginning of WW II. ... The book provides an excellent account of the technical, political, economic, and programming obstacles faced and resolved by those correspondents in the decade of the 1930s. The book is well documented with excellent endnotes and bibliography. ... The writing is detailed but clear and concise. The book has good continuity. Recommended primarily for upper-division undergraduate and graduate libraries.?-Choice