The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting [8 volumes]

Over 2,000 annotated news reports offer researchers and students the opportunity to read history as it was being made Offering over 2,000 newspaper and magazine articles and radio and television transcripts, The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting is the definitive reference source on American war journalism, covering every major conflict from the past 250 years. From the French and Indian War to the Iraq War, the media have been the first line of history by offering immediate, raw, and sometimes confused reports about life-and-death struggles on the front lines to the information-hungry home front. The documents are grouped into thematic groupings, making it simple to locate reports on specific battles, people, treaties, topics, etc. Over 600 engravings, broadsides, front pages, sketches, cartoons, and photographs offer readers and researchers a visual record to complement the immediacy of the writing. Arranged chronologically by conflict, each section concludes with suggested further readings, and the work is fully indexed. Wars covered include: the French and Indian War; the Revolutionary War; the War of 1812; the Mexican-American War; the Civil War; Indian Wars; the Spanish-American War; World War I; World War II: Europe; World War II: Asia; the Korean War; the Vietnam War; Post-Vietnam Confrontations; and the Iraq Wars and the War on Terror. All conflicts are given extended coverage ranging from the causes of war, battles fought, home front issues, diplomatic initiatives, and the aftermath of war. Every topic is introduced and contextualized, and each article is annotated. This volume is an indispensable reference source for students and researchers of American history, warfare, and journalism.. The first comprehensive multi-volume reference work of contemporaneous reportage of American wars. Includes an historical overview of every war given covered. Contains over annotated 2,000 primary documents