From quills to tweets : how America communicates war and revolution / Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, and S.C.M. Paine, editors.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : message, messenger, medium, and political environment / Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, S.C.M. Paine -- Introduction : committees of correspondence and early newspapers / Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, and S.C.M. Paine -- The message heard "round the world" and the first American political campaign / Marc A. Genest -- Why communication mattered in the war of 1812 / Troy Bickham -- Introduction : mass circulation newspapers, magazines and the telegraph / Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine -- The communications revolution during the Civil War / Martin Manning -- The Cuban junta in exile and the origins of the Spanish-American war / Michelle D. Getchell -- Narrating the war in the Philippines, 1899/1902 / David J. Silbey -- John Reed and US perceptions of the Russian revolution / Bruce A. Elleman -- Theodore Roosevelt's verbal insurgency against Woodrow Wilson in World War I / J. Lee Thompson -- Introduction : early mass media : print and radio / Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine -- Edgar Snow and shaping US perceptions of the Chinese civil war / S.C.M. Paine -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and World War II / Michael Carew -- Selling a limited war in Korea, 1950/53 / Steven Casey -- Introduction : mass media : print, radio, television and cable / Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine -- How presidents explained Vietnam, 1954/1975 / David Kaiser -- American wartime communication strategies during Gulf War I / Judith Baroody -- Introduction : the twenty-first century information age : print, radio, cable TV, internet, and social media / Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine -- Struggling to overcome the Afghan Taliban's master narratives / Thomas Johnson and Matthew Dupeø -- The challenge of out-communicating the Islamic State / Haroro J. Ingram and Craig Whiteside -- Communicating the global war on terror from speeches to tweets / Andrea J. Dew -- Conclusion : tweaking the tweets / Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, S.C.M. Paine -- List of contributors.

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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