Melvin J Lasky: 4 books
Media Warfare
The Americanization of Language
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Media Warfare is the concluding volume of Melvin Lasky's monumental The Language of Journalism, a series that has been praised as a ""brilliant"" and ""original"" study in communications and contemporary language. Firmly rooted in the critical tradition of H....
Voices in a Revolution
The Collapse of East German Communism
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Afeatured article in Die Zeit, the leading German weekly, begins with "Melvin, du hast gewonnen"--Mel, you have won! In his extraordinary account of the final days of the German Democratic Republic (DDR) we see the reckoning of a regime, and also the vindication of a life-long devotee of European...
Und alles war still
Deutsches Tagebuch 1945
Language: German
Release Date: October 24, 2014
"Selbst als ein Ungläubiger stand ich demütig und beschämt vor den Ruinen dieses fremden Landes", notiert Melvin Lasky, als er im letzten Kriegsjahr mit der US-Army nach Deutschland kommt. Hier soll der Oberleutnant Material für eine Geschichte der Invasion sammeln, doch was er sieht,...
by Melvin J. Lasky
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Emotions--fleeting, insubstantial, changeable, and ambiguous--seem to defy study and analysis. Nothing is more complex, mysterious, and subject to conflicting theories and interpretations than human emotion. Yet the central importance of emotion in human affairs is undeniable. Emotions affect all...