The Greenwood Library Of American War Reporting

From newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, selected articles and transcripts are presented unabridged, arranged by war in eight volumes, each volume introduced with an overview essay as is each topical chapter and each primary source presentation. Providing further context, each volume begins with a thematic listing of selections and a chronology and concludes with a bibliography; a general index appears in the eighth. Approximately 2,500 documents are included along with 400 b&w photos. Prepared under the leadership of general editor Copeland (Elon U.), the volumes have their own editors and cover the French and Indian, Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican- American, Civil War (north and south), Indian wars, the Spanish- American, WWI, WWII, the Korean War, Vietnam, post-Vietnam conflicts, and the Iraq wars and the War on Terror. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

David A. Copeland is A. J. Fletcher Professor in the School of Communication at Elon University. He is the editor of the Greenwood PressDebating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time series. He is also the author ofDebating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers (Greenwood, 2000), The Antebellum Era (Greenwood, 2003), and with Shannon Martin,The Function of Newspapers in Society (Praeger, 2003).