{"product_id":"reporting-world-war-ii-paperback","title":"Reporting World War II - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eG. Kurt Piehler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eIngo Trauschweizer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSteven Casey\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis set of essays offers new insights into the journalistic process and the pressures American front-line reporters experienced covering World War II. Transmitting stories through cable or couriers remained expensive and often required the cooperation of foreign governments and the American armed forces. Initially, reporters from a neutral America documented the early victories by Nazi Germany and the Soviet invasion of Finland. Not all journalists strove for objectivity. During her time reporting from Ireland, Helen Kirkpatrick remained a fierce critic of that country's neutrality. Once the United States joined the fight after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, American journalists supported the struggle against the Axis powers, but this volume will show that reporters, even when members of the army sponsored newspaper, \u003ci\u003eStars and Stripes \u003c\/i\u003ewere not mere ciphers of the official line. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfrican American reporters Roi Ottley and Ollie Stewart worked to bolster the morale of Black GIs and undermined the institutional racism endemic to the American war effort. Women front-line reporters are given their due in this volume examining the struggles to overcome gender bias by describing triumphs of Thérèse Mabel Bonney, Iris Carpenter, Lee Carson, and Anne Stringer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe line between public relations and journalism could be a fine one as reflected by the U.S. Marine Corps' creating its own network of Marine correspondents who reported on the Pacific island campaigns and had their work published by American media outlets. Despite the pressures of censorship, the best American reporters strove for accuracy in reporting the facts even when dependent on official communiqués issued by the military. Many wartime reporters, even when covering major turning points, sought to embrace a reporting style that recorded the experiences of average soldiers. Often associated with Ernie Pyle and Bill Mauldin, the embrace of the human-interest story served as one of the enduring legacies of the conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite the importance of American war reporting in shaping perceptions of the war on the home front as well as shaping the historical narrative of the conflict, this work underscores how there is more to learn. Readers will gain from this work a new appreciation of the contribution of American journalists in writing the first version of history of the global struggle against Nazi Germany, imperial Japan, and fascist Italy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eG. Kurt Piehler (Edited By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eG. Kurt Piehler \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eA Religious History of the American GI in World War II\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and several reference works related to war and society. He is a member of the editorial board of the \u003ci\u003eService Newspapers of World War II \u003c\/i\u003edigital publication (Adam Mathews) and on the advisory board of the NEH-funded American Soldier Project at Virginia Tech University (americansoldierww2.org). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngo Trauschweizer (Edited By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIngo Trauschweizer\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Ohio University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cold War U.S. Army: Building Deterrence for Limited War\u003c\/i\u003e (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2008) and \u003ci\u003eMaxwell Taylor's Cold War: From Berlin to Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2019), and he is the editor or co-editor of three volumes in the Baker Series in Peace and Conflict Studies (Athens: Ohio University Press). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719102664767,"sku":"9781531503109","price":71.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/085fe7d73db6630d6f7b7799ad543adb.webp?v=1765084404","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/reporting-world-war-ii-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}