The Best Of I. F. Stone

New York: PublicAffairs, 2006. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 350 pages. DJ has slight wear, soiling and sticker residue. DJ front flap creased. With an Introduction by Peter Osnos. Editor's Note. Part 1: Worth the Risk. Part 2: A Good War--But for What? Part 3: Twilight Struggle. Part 4: The Wall Between Black and White. Part 5: A Promised Land. Part 6: A War Made of Lies. Part 7: Heroes and Others. Index. Isidor Feinstein Stone (December 24, 1907 - June 18, 1989) was an American investigative journalist, writer, and author. Known for his politically progressive views, Stone is best remembered for I. F. Stone's Weekly (1953-1971), a newsletter which the New York University journalism department in 1999 ranked 16th among the top hundred works of journalism in the U.S. in the twentieth century and second place among print journalism publications. A former editor of The Nation, Victor Navasky, said that plain, solid work characterized Stone's investigative journalism. He was an old-school reporter who did his homework and perused public-domain records (official government and private-industry documents) for the facts and figures, the data, and quotations that would substantiate his reportage about the matters of the day. As a liberal, politically outspoken reporter from the American left wing, Stone often had to work in ideologically hostile environments (military, diplomatic, business) where information was controlled, making verifiability the essence of his journalism, corroborated by facts in the public domain, which the reader could verify. Articles originally published in I. F. Stone's Weekly later were compiled and published in The Best of I. F. Stone. Izzy Stone was a reporter, a radical, an idealist, a scholar and, it is clear, a writer whose insights have more than stood the test of time. More than fifteen years after his death, this collection of his work from I.F. Stone's Weekly and elsewhere is astonishing in its relevance to our age, addressing the clash between national security and individual liberty, the protection of minorities, economic fairness, social justice, and the American military abroad. The core of Stone's genius was his newsletter, I.F. Stone's Weekly, published from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. His meticulous dissection of the news was unsurpassed, a direct descendent of the great pamphleteers like Thomas Paine, and a forerunner to the best of today's political blogs. Stone's brilliant, investigative reporting; his wonderful, impassioned style; and his commitment to his values all make this collection an inspiration, and a revelation. Peter L.W. Osnos (born October 13, 1943) is an American journalist who is the founder of PublicAffairs Books. In 1965, Osnos began his journalism career as an editorial assistant to investigative journalist I. F. Stone on his weekly newsletter.