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Title
Reporting World War II / ed. by G. Kurt Piehler, Ingo Trauschweizer.
ISBN
9781531503123
Published
New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (304 p.) : 20 b/w illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1515/9781531503123 doi
Call Number
D799.U6 R47 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
070.44994053
Summary
This 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 strived for objectivity. During her time reporting from Ireland, Helen Kirkpatrick remained a fierce critic of this 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, Stars and Stripes were not mere ciphers of the official line. African American reporters Roi Ottley and Ollie Stewart worked to bolster the morale of Black GIs and they undermine 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 examining triumphs of Thérèse Mabel Bonney, Lee Carson, Iris Carpenter, and Anne Stringer.The 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 communiques issued by the military. Many war-time 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.Despite the importance of American war reporting in shaping perceptions of the war on the home front as well as shaping the historical narrative of this conflict, this work underscores how there is more to learn. Readers will gain from this work and new appreciation of the contribution of American journalists in writing the first version of history as the global struggle against Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy.
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Series
World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1. Learning and Adapting: The American Media and the "Phony War," September 1939-April 1940
2. Helen Kirkpatrick's Reporting to Undercut Irish Neutrality Policy, 1939-1942
3. Miss Bonney Reporting from the Arctic Front
4. Reporting from the Bureaus: The Lesser-Known World War II Correspondents
5. Two African American Journalists Confront World War II: Perspectives on Nationalism, Racism, and Identity
6. Bylines and Bayonets: How United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents in World War II Blended Journalism and Public Relations
7. Reporting Reconnaissance to the Public: A Comparative Analysis of Canadian and American Strategies
8. Outstanding and Conspicuous Service: Iris Carpenter, Lee Carson, and Ann Stringer in the European Theater
9. A "Butcher and Bolt" Force: Commandos, Rangers, and Newspaper Dramatics in World War II
10. "A Major Readjustment": Omar Bradley's War against the Stars and Stripes
11. After the Shooting Stopped: Justice and Journalism at Nuremberg
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index
