Marvin Kalb and his book Assignment Russia: Becoming a Foreign Correspondent in the Crucible of the Cold War

Marvin Kalb, one of the original "Murrow Boys," was tasked with reopening CBS's Moscow Bureau during the outset of the Cold War. His book Assignment Russia recounts his journey through some of the darkest moments of the cold war and the early days of television news.Kalb spent years traveling across the Russian countryside, learning the intricacies of Russian nationalist ideology and news.