Harold Lavine
Harold Lavine (1915-1984) was an American journalist and editor, best known as senior editor at Newsweek magazine,[1] as well as his book co-authored with James Wechsler called War Propaganda and the United States (1940).
Background
[edit]Harold Lavine was born on February 19, 1915, in New York City, the son of Elias Lavine and Pauline Bershadsky. He went to high school at Townsend Harris Hall.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]In 1932, Lavine became a reporter for the New York American, then the New York Evening Journal (1933), and the New York Evening Post (1934). In 1941, he came assistant managing editor for PM newspaper.[1]
During World War II, he served for the US Army News Service.[1] In 1940, he wrote the book War Propaganda and the United States for the Institute for Propaganda Analysis.
In 1946, Lavine became a senior editor at Newsweek magazine.[1] In the 1950s, he contributed to Commentary magazine.
In 1963, Lavine became a senior editor at Forbes magazine. In 1974, he became senior editorial writer and columnist at The Arizona Republic.[1]
Personal life and death
[edit]In 1936, Lavine married Violet Edwards; they had one daughter.[1]
Harold Lavine died aged 69 on November 15, 1984.[1]
Works
[edit]- Books
- War Propaganda and the United States with James A. Wechsler (1940)
- The Fifth Column in America (1940)
- Communists and National Unity: An Interview of PM with Earl Browder (1944)
- Central America (1964)
- Smoke-Filled Rooms (1970)
- Articles in Commentary (magazine)
- "Can Eisenhower Form a Government? He’s Learning, and He Keeps His Popular Support"(July 1953)
- "Why the Democrats Are Confident: The GOP, They Think, is Riding for a Fall" (January 1954)
- "Twenty-One G.I.’s Who Chose Tyranny: Why They Left Us for Communism" (July 1954)
- "The Life and Times of General Two-Gun Cohen, by Charles Drage" (October 1954)
- "What Arms Policy to Prevent World War III? Facing Up to the Problem of Atomic Defense" (November 1954)
- "Mr. Eisenhower’s Far East Policy: The Prescription, as Before" (May 1955)
- "The Decline of the Republican Party: Eisenhower Has Failed to Rebuild the Machine" (August 1958)
- "Social Revolution in Cuba: The Future of the New Regime" (October 1959)
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Commentary magazine: articles
- review of War Propaganda and the United States
- Communists and national unity: an interview of PM with Earl Browder