Words at War: The Civil War and American Journalism

By David B. Sachsman

Words at War: The Civil War and American Journalism analyzes the various ways in which the nation's newspaper editors, reporters, and war correspondents covered the biggest story of their lives--the Civil War--and in doing so both reflected and shaped the responses of their readers. The four sections of the book, Fighting Words, Confederates and Copperheads, The Union Forever, and Continuing Conflict trace the evolving role of the press in the antebellum, wartime, and postwar periods.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557534942
• ISBN13: 9781557534941
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.8"