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The War Beat, Europe - The American Media at War Against Nazi Germany (Hardcover)
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The War Beat, Europe - The American Media at War Against Nazi Germany (Hardcover)
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From the North African desert to the bloody stalemate in Italy,
from the London blitz to the D-Day beaches, a group of highly
courageous and extremely talented American journalists reported the
war against Nazi Germany for a grateful audience. Based on a wealth
of previously untapped primary sources, War Beat, Europe provides
the first comprehensive account of what these reporters witnessed,
what they were allowed to publish, and how their reports shaped the
home front's perception of some of the most pivotal battles in
American history. In a dramatic and fast-paced narrative, Steven
Casey takes readers from the inner councils of government, where
Franklin D. Roosevelt and George Marshall held clear views about
how much blood and gore Americans could stomach, to the command
centers in London, Algiers, Naples, and Paris, where many reporters
were stuck with the dreary task of reporting the war by communique.
At the heart of this book is the epic journey of reporters like Wes
Gallagher and Don Whitehead of the Associated Press, Drew Middleton
of the New York Times, Bill Stoneman of the Chicago Daily News, and
John Thompson of the Chicago Tribune; of columnists like Ernie Pyle
and Hal Boyle; and of photographers like Margaret Bourke-White and
Robert Capa. These men and women risked their lives on countless
occasions to get their dispatches and their images back home. In
providing coverage of war in an open society, they also balanced
the weighty responsibility of adhering to censorship regulations
while working to sell newspapers and maintaining American support
for the war. These reporters were driven by a combination of
ambition, patriotism, and belief in the cause. War Beat, Europe
shows how they earned their reputation as America's golden
generation of journalists and wrote the first draft of World War II
history for posterity.
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