The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting [Eight Volumes]

Subjects:

• History » American History (General)
• Communications » Journalism
• History » American History -- Colonial Era
• History » American History -- Nineteenth Century

Awards:

• Library Journal Best Reference Sources 2005
• Booklist Editors' Choice 2005

Reviews:

• This set offers a broad and deep overview of how the American press has reckoned with battle. Copeland, with other named contributors, chronologically presents reports from over 2000 newspapers and magazines, as well as radio and television, on major conflicts from the French and Indian War to the current War on Terror. Each volume has a consistent and accessible format: after a detailed table of contents, the war in question is first covered by a multiple-page time line, followed by an overall introduction. Numbered topical segments presenting actual examples of war reporting come next....An efficient and extensive source of primary research material displaying the opinions, style of presentation, and attitudes of contemporary journalists, this work is suitable for both academic and large public libraries.
  —Library Journal September 15, 2005
• A valuable addition to any reference collection with its wealth of primary sources, this work should save many trips to the microfilm room. Recommended. Academic libraries serving lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; public libraries.
  —Choice January 2006
• From newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, selected articles and transcripts are presented unabridged, arranged by war in eight volumes, each volume introduced with an overview essay as is each topical chapter and each primary source presentation. Providing further context, each volume begins with a thematic listing of selections and a chronology and concludes with a bibliography; a general index appears in the eighth. Approximately 2,500 documents are included along with 400 b&w photos.
  —Reference & Research Book News February 2006
• This must be one of the most extensive anthologies of any kind of journalism ever.
  —Columbia Journalism Review November/December 2005
• Starred Review This lavishly packaged set is definitely not intended for a cursory glance at the history of war reporting. The time line for the entire set begins with newspaper reports of a buildup of French troops in the Caribbean in the summer of 1753 (a prelude to the French and Indian War) and ends in April 2004 with photographs depicting the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Volumes include coverage of all major wars as well as smaller, post-Vietnam conflicts. Overall, the set offers more than 2,500 primary documents, mainly newspaper and magazine articles and radio and television transcripts....[t]his is an outstanding set, indispensable to the study of war reporting, and the most definitive, up-to-date reference work available on the subject. Highly recommended for academic and public libraries.
  —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin November 15, 2005

Table of Contents:

• Volume I: The French and Indian War & The War for American Independence
• Set Foreword
• Part I: The French and Indian War
• The French and Indian War: Guide to Related Documents
• The French and Indian War: A Timeline
• The French and Indian War: An Introduction
• 1. French and Indian Attacks and Provocations, 1750s
• 2. Responding to French Encroachment: The Ohio Valley and Northern Frontier
• 3. George Washingtons 1754 Expedition to the Ohio Valley
• 4. The Albany Congress, 1754
• 5. The Albany Plan of Union, 1754
• 6. General Edward Braddocks Campaign in the Ohio Valley, 1755
• 7. The Consequences of a French Victory in North America
• 8. Indian Attacks on the Pennsylvania Frontier, 1755-56
• 9. Operations in New York and Nova Scotia, 1755-56
• 10. War Is Declared, 1756
• 11. The Fall of Oswego, 1756
• 12. The War at Sea
• 13. The Home Front
• 14. The Massacre at Fort William Henry, 1757
• 15. British Defeat at Ticonderoga, 1758
• 16. British Offensive and the Fall of Louisbourg, 1758
• 17. The Capture of Fort Frontenac, 1758
• 18. The Fall of Fort Duquesne, 1758
• 19. The Capture of Fort Niagara, 1759
• 20. Taking the Lake FortsTiconderoga and Crown Point, 1759
• 21. Robert Rogers and the Rangers, 1755-59
• 22. The Fall of Quebec, 1759
• 23. The Death of General James Wolfe, 1759
• 24. The Capture of Montreal and the Capitulation of Canada, 1760
• 25. The End of the War and the Treaty of Paris, 1760-63
• Part II: The War for American Independence
• The War for American Independence: Guide to Related Documents
• The War for American Independence: A Timeline
• The War for American Independence: An Introduction
• 1. The Stamp Act, 1765-66
• 2. The Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770
• 3. The Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773
• 4. The Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775
• 5. The Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775
• 6. George Washington Becomes American Commander, June 1775
• 7. The Battle of Ticonderoga, May 9, 1775
• 8. The Invasion of Canada, September 1775-May 1776
• 9. Lord Dunmore and the Slaves, 1775-76
• 10. The Declaration of Independence, 1776
• 11. The Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776
• 12. The Howe Peace Commission, 1776
• 13. The Battle of White Plains, October 28-November 1, 1776
• 14. The Battles of Trenton and Princeton, December 25, 1776-
• January 3, 1777
• 15. The Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777
• 16. The Battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777
• 17. The Battle of Saratoga, September-October 1777
• 18. Valley Forge, December 1777-June 1778
• 19. The French Alliance, February 1778
• 20. The Carlisle Commission, 1778
• 21. The Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778
• 22. Native Americans During the American Revolution
• 23. John Paul Jones, 1779
• 24. The Battle of Charleston, May 12, 1780
• 25. The Battle of Camden, August 16, 1780
• 26. Women in the American Revolution
• 27. The Treason of Benedict Arnold, September 1780
• 28. The Loyalists
• 29. The Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780
• 30. The Battle of Cowpens, January 17, 1781
• 31. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781
• 32. The Battle of Yorktown, September-October 1781
• 33. The Peace Treaty, 1783
• The War for American Independence: A Bibliography
• Index
• Author Biographies and Acknowledgments
• Volume II: The War of 1812 & The Mexican-American War
• Part I: The War of 1812
• The War of 1812: Guide to Related Documents
• The War of 1812: A Timeline
• The War of 1812: An Introduction
• Chapter 1: Impressment up to 1812
• Chapter 2: The Chesapeake Affair
• Chapter 3: The Embargo Act
• Chapter 4: America and International Relations, 1801-1812
• Chapter 5: Tecumseh, the Prophet, and Native Americans
• Chapter 6: Tippecanoe
• Chapter 7: Declaration of War
• Chapter 8: Baltimore Riots
• Chapter 9: Detroit
• Chapter 10: Fort Dearborn Massacre
• Chapter 11: Queenston and the Second Invasion of Canada
• Chapter 12: The Constitution and Guerriere
• Chapter 13: York (Toronto)
• Chapter 14: Fort George and Stoney Creek
• Chapter 15: Fort Meigs to the Capture of the Chesapeake
• Chapter 16: Lake Erie
• Chapter 17: Thames
• Chapter 18: Horseshoe Bend
• Chapter 19: Chippewa and Lundys Lane
• Chapter 20: Burning of Washington
• Chapter 21: Women and Dolly Madison
• Chapter 22: Baltimore and Fort McHenry
• Chapter 23: Plattsburg and Lake Champlain
• Chapter 24: Hartford Convention
• Chapter 25: Treaty of Ghent
• Chapter 26:New Orleans
• The War of 1812: A Bibliography
• Part II: The Mexican-American War
• The Mexican-American War: Guide to Related Documents
• The Mexican-American War: A Timeline
• The Mexican-American War: An Introduction
• Chapter 1 The Alamo and the Texas Revolution
• Chapter 2: Catholicism in Mexico
• Chapter 3: Slavery
• Chapter 4: Abolitionist Press
• Chapter 5: The Telegraph
• Chapter 6: Election of 1844
• Chapter 7: Manifest Destiny
• Chapter 8: Annexation of Texas
• Chapter 9: Annexation of Oregon
• Chapter 10: Annexation of New Mexico
• Chapter 11: The Donner Party
• Chapter 12: Annexation of California
• Chapter 13: Declaration of War
• Chapter 14: The Wilmot Proviso
• Chapter