Between You and Me: A Memoir with 82-Minute DVD | 
| Authors: Mike Wallace, Paul Gates
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 611680
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Har/DVD
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Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1
ISBN: 1401300294
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.92
EAN: 9781401300296
ASIN: 1401300294
Publication Date: October 25, 2005
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Condition: Some wear on book from reading, spine creases, wear on binding and pages.
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A t the age of 87, Mike Wallace is a legendary figure in broadcast journalism. Now, after 60 years of reporting on important events around the world, he shares his personal stories about the incredible range of celebrities, newsmakers, criminals, and world leaders who have subjected themselves to his unique brand of questioning.Through Wallace+s intimate observations about these figures, we experience afresh the pivotal events that have shaped our world. Here, we meet the guilt-racked Secret Service agent assigned to John F. Kennedy+s car in Dallas. We learn about the candid moment when President Nixon revealed an unexpected softer side. We witness the underpinnings of the century+s greatest social movement through Wallace+s eyes as he manages to earn the trust of major civil rights leaders, and we see the trauma Wallace experienced while covering the conflict in Israel. These off-camera anecdotes and fascinating excerpts from Wallace+s interviews- with everyone from Eleanor Roosevelt to all the presidents of the last half century, from Frank Lloyd Wright to Johnny Carson, from Margaret Sanger to Malcom X-give us a new perspective on some of the greatest lives and minds of our time.With a reporter+s eye for detail, Wallace mingles laughter, tragedy, and revelatory insight in a memoir unlike any other. For anyone who+s ever wondered what it+s like to make history for a living, this is a must-read.
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 Masterpiece May 3, 2008
Good Lord, the man is 87 years old! And still going strong! For veteran TV journalist Mike Wallace, one advantage of old age is that he who lives longest gets to write the last word. And in this, his second memoir, Wallace does precisely that. The book is promoted as a collection of his most memorable interviews, beginning with those heady days in the 1950s when he arrived on the scene...
A Great Bargain for Any News Junkie! March 30, 2008
I love Mike Wallace as a journalist and television broadcaster. In this book, he writes about his abundance of great memories, regrets, apologies, and encounters with celebrities like Barbra Streisand, Vanessa Redgrave CBE, Tina Turner, and Shirley Maclaine. He also writes about his encounters with mobsters, politicians, diplomats, and even Yasir Arafat in the Middle East chapter which has some great insights into Arafat's way of thinking. At first, Wallace was supposed to dislike Arafat for what he represented as terrorism but he grew to like him despite his own Jewish heritage which he separates from his journalism. Wallace knows first hand about being Jewish and writes about his encounter with Mel Brooks who mocks Adolph Hitler in the musical, "The Producers." Wallace is a hard hitting journalist who doesn't ask easy questions. This book is first rate and with it includes a dvd featuring his interviews. I wished that he included Janet Flanner in this book but I'm sure that he has volumes of materials.
Beyond the image February 8, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book provides you with insightful information on personalities who helped shape American politics and society during the past decades. The tension between the interviewer`s attempt to coax new and newsworthy revelations from the interviewed personality and the image which the latter tries to project make for fascinating reading. Great bonus:the DVD enclosed showing Wallace in action. Mike Wallace is a part of the history of political television reporting, he is in fact a part of American history.
 Journalism's ugly side August 16, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Mike Wallace has been engaged in his so- called hard- hitting journalism for years. But anyone who has studied Wallace close-up knows he has engaged repeatedly in some of the most dishonest of all journalist practices. In the late eighties his crew was caught paying Palestinian youths to throw rocks at Israeli soldiers. This provided good film footage. Wallace's most recent interview which is not included in this book is a perfect illustration of the dishonesty in another way. The very same week Wallace interviewed him Ahmadinejad spoke in Iran before a screaming hystircal audience. He ranted against the United States and said how it would fall apart. But his most bitter cursings were for Israel and he repeatedly shouted to his audience , in Hitlerlike fashion 'Death to Israel'
Now switch to the interview. Wallace says Ahmadinejad is personable , does question him about his Holocaust denial, but lets him off relatively easily. There is no mention of proposed genocide, or politicide, only that Ahmadinejad is against the 'Zionists'
Years ago watching Wallace I noticed how insulting and aggressive he could be with those who did not share his political views.
Edward R. Murrow he is not.
Memories of an Astonishing Career July 10, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Who else can boast such a remarkable career - 60 years of interviewing the most fascinating, influential and interesting people on the planet! Although the behind-the-scenes "revelations" aren't particularly revealing, the book offers an entertaining and interesting look back at the cultural, political and historical changes the world has experienced during the decades of Wallace's reign as the king of interviewers.
The contents are arranged in chapters grouped by the type of person Wallace interviewed: Presidents, First Couples, Race in America, The Middle East, Con Men, and other celebrities. Just about every president, and many other icons and celebrities of public life have sat across from Mike Wallace - some came across looking commendable, some a little worse for the encounter.
The book is supplemented by a CD with brief clips from some of the more fascinating interviews, including Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King. Watching Wallace age throughout his career interviewing the powerful and influential is another reminder of the impact he has had and the stories he has brought to us for so many decades. He, and some of his colleagues on 60 Minutes, in many ways has defined the progress of broadcast journalism for decades. The book is as much a history lesson as a tribute to Wallace's career - well worth reading.
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