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Kathryn McGarr

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Historian of 20th century U.S. political and media history

Assistant professor, journalism and mass communication; faculty affiliate, history School of Journalism and Mass Communications — Home and cell phones available upon request kmcgarr@wisc.edu Twitter: @kathrynmcgarr

Topics

  • foreign policy news coverage
  • gender and exclusion
  • U.S. politics

Achievements

  • author of City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington (University of Chicago Press, 2022)
  • author of The Whole Damn Deal: Robert Strauss and the Art of Politics (Public Affairs, 2011)

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