The War of Words: How America's GI Journalists Battled Censorship and Propaganda to Help Win World War II

by Molly Guptill Manning

Book Overview

From New York Times bestselling author Molly Guptill Manning comes The War of Words, the captivating story of how American troops in World War II wielded pens to tell their own stories as they made history.

At a time when civilian periodicals faced strict censorship, US Army Chief of Staff George Marshall won the support of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to create an expansive troop-newspaper program. Both Marshall and FDR recognized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BRRR71XJ
• ISBN13: 9798200961597
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"