The Book Prize Index

The Powers That Be

David Halberstam

An inside history of four of Americas̕ greatest media institutions: Time Incorporated, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and CBS.

Journalism & ReportageJournalism & Reportage · medium confidenceJournalism & Reportage81 signalsLlm Classifier: Journalism & Reportage -> Journalism & ReportageGoogle Books: History -> HistoryTopic Classifier: Business Biography -> BiographyBusiness BiographyPresidency & Executive PowerBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for General Nonfiction PaperbackMajor1981FinalistSecondary source
National Book Award for General Nonfiction HardcoverMajor1980FinalistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    25 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 40%.