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Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism

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Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism

Reporting the War examines how the American press has exercised its constitutionally protected freedom in wartime–when that freedom, and other civil liberties, are most likely to be threatened–from the Revolution to the ongoing conflicts of the present day. By providing a historical frame of reference for evaluating the performance of the press, and our responsibilities as citizens, in our own times, Reporting the War will remain thought-provoking and relevant through changes of administration in Washington and long after American troops have left Afghanistan and Iraq.

Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism
by John Byrne Cooke

  • Publication Date: November 11, 2008
  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN-10: 0230608078
  • ISBN-13: 9780230608078