The War Beat, Pacific: The American Media at War Against Japan
The War Beat, Pacific: The American Media at War Against Japan
Casey, Steven
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9780190053635, Publication Date: Sat, May 1, 2021, Type: Hardcover ,
join & start selling
description
5The definitive history of American war reporting in the Pacific theater of World War II, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

After almost two years slogging with infantrymen through North Africa, Italy, and France, Ernie Pyle immediately realized he was ill-prepared for covering the Pacific War. As Pyle and other war correspondents discovered, the climate, the logistics, and the sheer scope of the Pacific theater had no
parallel in the war America was fighting in Europe.

From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The War Beat, Pacific provides the first comprehensive account of how a group of highly courageous correspondents covered America's war against Japan, what they witnessed, what they were allowed to publish, and how their reports shaped the home front's
perception of some of the most pivotal battles in American military history. In a dramatic and fast-paced narrative based on a wealth of previously untapped primary sources, Casey takes us from MacArthur's doomed defense on the Philippines and the navy's overly strict censorship policy at the time
of Midway, through the bloody battles on Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Tarawa, Saipan, Leyte and Luzon, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, detailing the cooperation, as well as conflict, between the media and the military, as they grappled with the enduring problem of limiting a free press during a period of extreme
crisis.

The War Beat, Pacific shows how foreign correspondents ran up against practical challenges and risked their lives to get stories in a theater that was far more challenging than the war against Nazi Germany, while the US government blocked news of the war against Japan and tried to focus the home
front on Hitler and his atrocities.

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

The Cul-De-Sac War

by Ferguson, Melissa

Hardcover /Library Binding

$32.33

A Stillness at Appomattox: The ...

by Catton, Bruce

Paperback /Paperback

$14.21

listens & views

FIVE AMERICAN PORTRAITS

by RED KRAYOLA

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$16.49

GENESIS

by SULLIVAN,CHARLES

COMPACT DISC

$13.99

FOREVER FOR NOW

by APRIL WINE

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$15.99

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.