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1 online resource (298 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293) and index. |
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Cold War : commitment and competition -- War stories -- Americans at war : heroism and horror -- American ways of war : firepower and futility -- Determination, doubt, despair -- The war at home : debate and dissent -- "Our" Vietnamese and the "other" -- Perspectives. |
| Summary |
"In The Weekly War, James Landers provides the first in-depth investigation of how the three major newsmagazines - Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News & World Report - covered the Vietnam War and the impact their coverage had on the American public, presidents, and policymakers. From March 1965 through January 1973 these magazines reached nearly one-third of adult Americans - second only to news programs on network television. Despite the popular impression that this was primarily a "television war," the newsmagazines played a prominent role in informing the public about warfare and war policy." "Each magazine had its own niche and distinct editorial style : Newsweek provided a mainstream liberal perspective, while Time took a more conservative viewpoint and U.S. News & World Report had an ultraconservative outlook. The editors of each magazine aimed to reach like-minded readers, knowing full well that a reader who disliked one magazine could simply switch to another. Landers demonstrates how public-opinion shifts during the war forced the newsmagazines, especially Time, to change too." "This book reflects a thorough examination of roughly nine hundred articles on the Vietnam War published by the three major newsmagazines. Landers also gathered documents from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Richard M. Nixon Presidential Materials Project to reveal the attention paid to the newsmagazines by presidents and policymakers and their attempts to influence or manipulate coverage." "In addition to making a major contribution to the history of print journalism, The Weekly War complements scholarship on television news coverage of the Vietnam War. This volume will appeal to students and teachers of history and journalism, as well as the general reader interested in a unique view of the Vietnam War."--Jacket. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Newsweek.
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Time.
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Time. |
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Time (Title) |
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U.S. news & world report.
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Newsweek. |
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Time. |
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U.S. news & world report. |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Press coverage -- United States.
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American periodicals.
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American periodicals. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Landers, James, 1947- Weekly war. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2004 (DLC) 2004004790 (OCoLC)54528927 |
| ISBN |
0826262627 (electronic book) |
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9780826262622 (electronic book) |
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0826215343 (alkaline paper) |
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9780826215345 (alkaline paper) |
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