Thomas Whiteside (April 21, 1918 – October 10, 1997) was an American

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. Born in

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, Whiteside studied at the

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. During World War II, he worked for the Office of War Propaganda, compiling reports on Axis propaganda. His work appeared in ''Newsweek'', ''The New Republic'', and ''The New Yorker''. He was instrumental in publicizing the damage of

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in 1997.

Awards

* 1986

MacArthur Fellows Program The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...

Works

*''The relaxed sell'', Oxford University Press, 1954 *''The big puff'', Constable, 1955 *''The tunnel under the Channel'', Simon and Schuster, 1962 *''Alone through the dark sea'', Braziller, 1964, *''An agent in place: the Wennerström affair'', Viking Press, 1966 (reprint, Ballantine Books, 1983, ) *''Twiggy and Justin'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968, *''Defoliation'', Ballantine Books, 1970, *''The withering rain: America's herbicidal folly'', Dutton, 1971, *''Selling death: cigarette advertising and public health'', Liveright, 1971, *''The Investigation of

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'', Pocket Books (December 1972), *''The Pendulum and the Toxic Cloud: The Course of

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Contamination'', Yale University Press (September 10, 1979), *''The Blockbuster Complex: Conglomerates, Show Business, and Book Publishing'', Wesleyan University Press, 1981,

References

External links

''Media Power: Who Is Shaping Your Picture of the World?''
iUniverse, 2005, {{DEFAULTSORT:Whiteside, Thomas 1918 births 1997 deaths People from Berwick-upon-Tweed University of Chicago alumni MacArthur Fellows American male journalists 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American writers 20th-century American male writers British emigrants to the United States