Draft:The Media Offensive
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| Submission declined on 12 July 2022 by Star Mississippi (talk). This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources. This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summarise information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner. Declined by Star Mississippi 2 years ago. | |
Comment: Appears to be more of a book review than an encyclopedia article. Needs independent sourcing to meet N:BOOK. Star Mississippi 01:12, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
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| Author | Alexander G. Lovelace |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | David de Vries |
| Language | English |
| Genre | History |
| Publisher | University Press of Kansas |
Publication date | 2022 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, eBook, Audiobook |
| Pages | 354 pp (paperback); 17 hrs (audiobook) |
| ISBN | 978-0-7006-3328-9 |
The Media Offensive: How the Press and Public Opinion Shaped Allied Strategy during World War II is a non-fiction history of military-media relations during World War II by the historian Alexander G. Lovelace. It was published in paperback by the University Press of Kansas in July 2022.[1] An unabridged audiobook narrated by David de Vries is scheduled for release in August 2022.[2][needs update] The Media Offensive is part of the University Press of Kansas' Studies in Civil-Military Relations series edited by William A. Taylor.
Synopsis
[edit]The Media Offensive is a history of the United States’ military operations during World War II. In particular, it investigates the influence of the press and public opinion on battlefield decision-making from Pearl Harbor to the surrender of Japan. The book argues that World War II was fundamentally a media war since while military and political leaders successfully utilize the press as a weapon, they also allowed it to influence their military decisions.[1]
The book also argues for a new direction in scholarship for military-media relations which the author titles “the new history of war reporting.” While previous scholarship mostly focuses on wartime censorship, propaganda, or the adventure stories of war correspondents, the new history of war reporting attempts to discover the influence of news and public opinion on the actions of soldiers.[3]
Reception
[edit]The Media Offensive" received positive reviews in The Journal of Military History , The New York Review of Books and the U.S. Air Force's Air & Space Power Journal.[3][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Geoffrey Wheatcroft, "The Limits of Press Power", review of The Media Offensive: How the Press and Public Opinion Shaped Allied Strategy during World War II, by Alexander G. Lovelace, The New York Review of Books, November 3, 2022.
- ^ "audiobooks". Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ a b Philip Woods, review of The Media Offensive: How the Press and Public Opinion Shaped Allied Strategy during World War II, by Alexander G. Lovelace The Journal of Military History 88 no. 1 (2024): 239.
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