The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting (8 Volume Set) - Hardcover

Humphrey, Carol Sue; Reynolds, Amy; Shaw, Donald L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313334358 ISBN 13: 9780313334351

Publisher: Greenwood, 2005

Synopsis

The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting

Volume 1: The French and Indian War; The Revolutionary War

Volume 2: The War of 1812; The Mexican-American War

Volume 3: The Civil War North; The Civil War South

Volume 4: The Indian Wars; The Spanish-American War

Volume 5: World War I; World War II, The European Theater

Volume 6: World War II, The Asian Theater; The Korean War

Volume 7: The Vietnam War; Post-Vietnam Conflicts

Volume 8: The Iraq Wars and the War on Terror & Index

The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting presents a unique and unfiltered presentation of American History from colonial days to the present through annotated primary documents of journalists and reporters writing as events occured.

The definitive reference source on culture and history during wartime America's conflicts, each volume collects key news reports on battles, politics, the home front, peace talks, massacres, and much more. Substantial context-setting overviews introduce every volume, topical chapter, and unabridged primary source.

Over 2,500 annotated news reports - newspaper and magazine articles, and radio and television transcripts - and 400 drawings and photos cover every major and most minor conflicts over the past 250 years, from the French & Indian Wars to the War on Terror. Read history as it was being made in these immediate, raw, and often confused reports about life-and-death struggles on the front lines and the critical activities on the home front.

About this title

About the Author

David A. Copeland is A. J. Fletcher Professor in the School of Communication at Elon University. He is the editor of the Greenwood Press Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time series. He is also the author of Debating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers (Greenwood, 2000), The Antebellum Era (Greenwood, 2003), and with Shannon Martin, The Function of Newspapers in Society (Praeger, 2003).

Review

"A valuable addition to any reference collection with its wealth of primary sources, this work should save many trips to the microfilm room. Recommended. Academic libraries serving lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; public libraries." - Choice

"This set offers a broad and deep overview of how the American press has reckoned with battle. Copeland, with other named contributors, chronologically presents reports from over 2000 newspapers and magazines, as well as radio and television, on major conflicts from the French and Indian War to the current War on Terror. Each volume has a consistent and accessible format: after a detailed table of contents, the war in question is first covered by a multiple-page time line, followed by an overall introduction. Numbered topical segments presenting actual examples of war reporting come next....An efficient and extensive source of primary research material displaying the opinions, style of presentation, and attitudes of contemporary journalists, this work is suitable for both academic and large public libraries." - Library Journal

"From newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, selected articles and transcripts are presented unabridged, arranged by war in eight volumes, each volume introduced with an overview essay as is each topical chapter and each primary source presentation. Providing further context, each volume begins with a thematic listing of selections and a chronology and concludes with a bibliography; a general index appears in the eighth. Approximately 2,500 documents are included along with 400 B&W photos." - Reference & Research Book News

"This must be one of the most extensive anthologies of any kind of journalism ever." - Columbia Journalism Review

"This lavishly packaged set is definitely not intended for a cursory glance at the history of war reporting. The time line for the entire set begins with newspaper reports of a buildup of French troops in the Caribbean in the summer of 1753 (a prelude to the French and Indian War) and ends in April 2004 with photographs depicting the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Volumes include coverage of all major wars as well as smaller, post-Vietnam conflicts. Overall, the set offers more than 2,500 primary documents, mainly newspaper and magazine articles and radio and television transcripts....[t]his is an outstanding set, indispensable to the study of war reporting, and the most definitive, up-to-date reference work available on the subject. Highly recommended for academic and public libraries." - Booklist, Starred Review

"The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting chronologically presents some 2,500 news reports and excerpts drawn from over 2000 newspapers and magazines―and later, radio and television broadcasts―about the country's major conflicts from mid 18th-century French and Indian War to the current and ongoing war on terror... This is an impressive anthology of material ranging over more than 300 years, and gives a sense of changing journalistic styles." - Communication Booknotes Quarterly

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0313334358
• ISBN 13: 9780313334351
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 4504
• Editor: Copeland David A.