From quills to tweets :  how America communicates war and revolution / 
Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, and S.C.M. Paine, editors. 
 - Washington, DC :  Georgetown University Press,  (c)2019. 
 - 1 online resource (ix, 308 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : message, messenger, medium, and political environment /  Introduction : committees of correspondence and early newspapers /  The message heard "round the world" and the first American political campaign /  Why communication mattered in the war of 1812 /  Introduction : mass circulation newspapers, magazines and the telegraph /  The communications revolution during the Civil War /  The Cuban junta in exile and the origins of the Spanish-American war /  Narrating the war in the Philippines, 1899/1902 /  John Reed and US perceptions of the Russian revolution /  Theodore Roosevelt's verbal insurgency against Woodrow Wilson in World War I /  Introduction : early mass media : print and radio /  Edgar Snow and shaping US perceptions of the Chinese civil war /  Franklin D. Roosevelt and World War II /  Selling a limited war in Korea, 1950/53 /  Introduction : mass media : print, radio, television and cable /  How presidents explained Vietnam, 1954/1975 /  American wartime communication strategies during Gulf War I /  Introduction : the twenty-first century information age : print, radio, cable TV, internet, and social media /  Struggling to overcome the Afghan Taliban's master narratives /  The challenge of out-communicating the Islamic State /  Communicating the global war on terror from speeches to tweets /  Conclusion : tweaking the tweets /  List of contributors.  Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, S.C.M. Paine --  Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, and S.C.M. Paine --  Marc A. Genest --  Troy Bickham --  Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine --  Martin Manning --  Michelle D. Getchell --  David J. Silbey --  Bruce A. Elleman --  J. Lee Thompson --  Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine --  S.C.M. Paine --  Michael Carew --  Steven Casey --  Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine --  David Kaiser --  Judith Baroody --  Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine --  Thomas Johnson and Matthew Dupeř --  Haroro J. Ingram and Craig Whiteside --  Andrea J. Dew --  Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, S.C.M. Paine -- 
<br/><br/> While today's presidential tweets may seem a light year apart from the scratch of quill pens during the era of the American Revolution, the importance of political communication is eternal. This book explores the roles that political narratives, media coverage, and evolving communication technologies have played in precipitating, shaping, and concluding or prolonging wars and revolutions over the course of US history. The case studies begin with the Sons of Liberty in the era of the American Revolution, cover most wars in American history, and conclude with a look at the conflict against ISIS in the Trump era. Special chapters also examine how propagandists shaped American perceptions of two revolutions of international significance, the Russian Revolution and the Chinese Revolution. Each chapter analyzes its subject through the lens of the messengers, messages, and communications technology media to reveal the effects on public opinion and the trajectory and conduct of the conflict. The chapters collectively provide an overview of the history of American strategic communications that will interest scholars, students, and communications strategists. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781626167131 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019018836 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mass media and war--United States.<br/>Mass media--Political aspects--United States.<br/>Communication in politics--United States.<br/>Social media--Political aspects--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P96  / .F766 2019