Reporting World War II

G. Kurt Piehler (Edited By) G. Kurt Piehler is the author of A Religious History of the American GI in World War II (2021) and several reference works related to war and society. He is a member of the editorial board of the Service Newspapers of World War II digital publication (Adam Mathews) and on the advisory board of the NEH-funded American Soldier Project at Virginia Tech University (americansoldierww2.org). Ingo Trauschweizer (Edited By) Ingo Trauschweizer is a professor of history at Ohio University. He is the author of The Cold War U.S. Army: Building Deterrence for Limited War (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2008) and Maxwell Taylor's Cold War: From Berlin to Vietnam (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2019), and he is the editor or co-editor of three volumes in the Baker Series in Peace and Conflict Studies (Athens: Ohio University Press).

Foreword Max D. Lederer Jr. vii Introduction G. Kurt Piehler and Ingo Trauschweizer 1 1. Learning and Adapting: The American Media and the "Phony War," September 1939-April 1940 Steven Casey 15 2. Helen Kirkpatrick's Reporting to Undercut Irish Neutrality Policy, 1939-1942 Karen Garner 34 3. Miss Bonney Reporting from the Arctic Front Henry Oinas-Kukkonen 55 4. Reporting from the Bureaus: The Lesser-Known World War II Correspondents Kendall Cosley 85 5. Two African American Journalists Confront World War II: Perspectives on Nationalism, Racism, and Identity Larry A. Greene and Alan Delozier 107 6. Bylines and Bayonets: How United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents in World War II Blended Journalism and Public Relations Douglass K. Daniel 132 7. Reporting Reconnaissance to the Public: A Comparative Analysis of Canadian and American Strategies Victoria Sotvedt 159 8. Outstanding and Conspicuous Service: Iris Carpenter, Lee Carson, and Ann Stringer in the European Theater Carolyn M. Edy 172 9. A "Butcher and Bolt" Force: Commandos, Rangers, and Newspaper Dramatics in World War II James Austin Sandy 193 10. "A Major Readjustment": Omar Bradley's War against the Stars and Stripes Alexander G. Lovelace 213 11. After the Shooting Stopped: Justice and Journalism at Nuremberg Nathaniel L. Moir 234 Acknowledgments 259 List of Contributors 261 Index 265

An excellent volume for historians of WW II and journalism. Highly recommended.-- "Choice Reviews" This is a first-rate collection of essays about the impact of journalism on World War II. It covers important topics, ranging from the involvement of African Americans and women to the events of the Nuremberg trials, to the checkered history of the publication Stars and Stripes. It adds significantly to our understanding of the still-important effects of the Second World War.---Allan M. Winkler, Distinguished Professor of History, Miami University of Ohio This book sheds light on those parts of the war American readers have largely forgotten: Irish neutrality, the Winter War in Finland, the role of the Black press, journalist-spies, and the ever-present pressures of censorship, to name a few. Journalism shaped our understanding of the war and, as Reporting World War II suggests, perhaps its outcome also.---Todd DePastino, author of Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front