American journalist who wrote the 'Inside' series — Inside Europe, Inside Asia, Inside Latin America, Inside USA, Inside Africa — providing accessible accounts of world regions for American audiences in the mid-20th century.
Created the accessible international political survey for American educated audiences — Gunther's 'Inside' books combined political analysis, biographical sketches of leaders, and narrative travel writing to make world regions comprehensible to Americans who had never traveled there.
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