

America Ascendant
The Rise of American Exceptionalism
Author: Dennis M. Spragg
Narrator: Tom Perkins
Unabridged: 13 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 05/19/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Wars, World War Ii, Social Science, Media Studies
Synopsis
America Ascendant details the efforts of many prominent individuals and officials to harness the collective energy of the nation and guide the United States throughout World War II then describes its aftermath and the Cold War period. Dennis M. Spragg demonstrates how the news and entertainment of American broadcasters such as David Sarnoff, William Paley, and Elmer Davis helped rally the American people to fashion a new liberal democratic order to stop the global spread of Communism.
This media-government alliance, however, was not achieved without difficulty. Spragg highlights the competing visions and personalities that clashed, as media and government leaders tried to develop the paradigm that ultimately shifted American cultural and political thought.