The war of words : how America's GI journalists battled censorship and propaganda to help win World War II
(Book)
Published
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2023.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9798200961597
Physical Desc
264 pages, 14 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Sudbury - Adult
940.548 / MANNING
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Published
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9798200961597
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-254) and index.
Description
"At a time when civilian periodicals faced strict censorship, US Army Chief of Staff George Marshall won the support of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to create an expansive troop-newspaper program. Both Marshall and FDR recognized that there was a second struggle taking place outside the battlefields of World War II--the war of words. While Hitler inundated the globe with propaganda, morale across the US Army dwindled. As the Axis blurred the lines between truth and fiction, the best defense was for American troops to bring the truth into focus by writing it down and disseminating it themselves. By war's end, over 4,600 unique GI publications had been printed around the world. In newsprint, troops made sense of their hardships, losses, and reasons for fighting. These newspapers--by and for the troops--became the heart and soul of a unit. From Normandy to the shores of Japan, American soldiers exercised a level of free speech the military had never known nor would again. It was an extraordinary chapter in American democracy and military history. In the war for "four freedoms," it was remarkably fitting that troops fought not only with guns but with their pens. This stunning volume includes fourteen pages of photographs and illustrations"--,Book jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Manning, M. G. (2023). The war of words: how America's GI journalists battled censorship and propaganda to help win World War II (First edition.). Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Manning, Molly Guptill, 1980-. 2023. The War of Words: How America's GI Journalists Battled Censorship and Propaganda to Help Win World War II. Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Manning, Molly Guptill, 1980-. The War of Words: How America's GI Journalists Battled Censorship and Propaganda to Help Win World War II Blackstone Publishing, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Manning, Molly Guptill. The War of Words: How America's GI Journalists Battled Censorship and Propaganda to Help Win World War II First edition., Blackstone Publishing, 2023.
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