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For Many Americans During The Vietnam Era, The War On The Home Front Seemed Nearly As Wrenching And Hardfought As The One In Southeast Asia. Its Primary Battlefield Was The News Media, Its Primary Casualty The Truth. But As William Hammond Reveals, Animosity Between Government And Media Wasn't Always The Rule; What Happened Between The Two During The Vietnam War Was Symptomatic Of The Nation's Experiences In General. As The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Dimmed, Relations Between Them Grew Ever Darker. Reporting Vietnam Is An Abridgement And Updating Of Hammond's Two-volume Work Issued By The Government Printing Office. It Tells How Government And Media First Shared A Common Vision Of American Involvement In Vietnam. It Then Reveals How, As The War Dragged On, Upbeat Government Press Releases Were Consistently Challenged By Journalists' Reports From The Field And Finally How, As Public Sentiment Shifted Against The War, Presidents Johnson And Nixon Each Tried To Manage The News Media, Sparking A Heated Exchange Of Recriminations. Hammond Challenges The Assertions Of Many Military Leaders That The Media Lost The War By Swaying Public Opinion. He Takes Readers Through The Twists And

Author

William M. Hammond

Publisher

University Press of Kansas

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780700609116

Subjects

History, Humanities