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A fast-paced narrative of the hard-driving American war correspondents who reported the war against Nazi Germany from the battlegrounds of North Africa, Germany, Italy, and France--and shaped the home front's perception of some of the most pivotal battles in American history.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Going to War
- Part 1: North Africa
- Chapter 2. Invasion, 1942
- Chapter 3. The Advent of Ernie
- Chapter 4. Defeat at Kasserine
- Chapter 5. Victory in Tunisia
- Part 2: Bombing Germany
- Chapter 6. How-I-Almost-Got Killed-Today Stories
- Chapter 7. A High-Octane Outfit
- Chapter 8. Dark Days
- Part 3: Sicily and Italy
- Chapter 9. Invasion, 1943
- Chapter 10. An Antidote to Complacency
- Chapter 11. Death in Winter
- Chapter 12. Anzio and Cassino
- Part 4: Overlord
- Chapter 13. Fear Lay Blackly Deep Down
- Chapter 14. Invasion, 1944
- Chapter 15. Normandy Stalemate
- Chapter 16. Breakout
- Part 5: Victory
- Chapter 17. To Germany's Borders
- Chapter 18. Blackout on the Bulge
- Chapter 19. Into the Reich
- Chapter 20. Unconditional Surrender
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Steven Casey is Professor in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of Cautious Crusade: Franklin Roosevelt, American Public Opinion and the War against Nazi Germany (OUP, 2001); Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics and Public Opinion (OUP, 2007); When Soldiers Fall: How Americans Have Confronted Combat Casualties (OUP, 2014); and The War Beat, Pacific: The American Media at War Against Japan (OUP, 2021).
Summary
A fast-paced narrative of the hard-driving American war correspondents who reported the war against Nazi Germany from the battlegrounds of North Africa, Germany, Italy, and France--and shaped the home front's perception of some of the most pivotal battles in American history.
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Clear and persuasive...This book should join the standard volumes on the media and war...and it is recommended for the interested, in and out of academe. The research is impressive, the writing engaging, and the conclusions alter the standard view of the press in the war against Nazi Germany...Perhaps the most important takeaway...is this: Though closely entwined with the military throughout the war by necessity, the press maintained its independence and pushed back in the name of truth and a free press.
