War News: Blue & Gray in Black & White: Newspapers in the Civil War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781453617021)

WAR NEWS (originally published in 1999 as Blue & Gray in Black & White) is an exploration of the individual and collective efforts of newspaper journalists during the Civil War. As eyewitnesses to one of the most memorable conflicts in history, they left a record that is sometimes brilliant but, at other times, marred by shoddy journalism, sensationalism, and self-serving reporting. They were, however, the American public's primary source of information about the battles that were tearing the nation apart. This book focuses on the personalities, politics, and rivalries of editors; the efforts of newspapers to influence military appointments, strategy, and tactics; advances in printing technology; formal and informal censorship, the suppression of dissident newspapers, and, most of all, the war correspondents themselves.

Author: Brayton Harris
ISBN-10: 1453617027
ISBN-13: 9781453617021
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/21/2010
Pages: 378
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.78d