From Quills to Tweets

Andrea J. Dew is the Maritime Irregular Warfare Forces Chair and Co-Director of the Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups at the US Naval War College. Marc A. Genest is the Forrest Sherman Professor of Public Diplomacy in the Strategy and Policy Department at the US Naval War College. S. C. M. Paine is the William S. Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy at the US Naval War College.

Introduction: Message, Messenger, Medium, and Political Environment Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, and S. C. M. Paine

Part I. Introduction Committees of Correspondence and Early Newspapers Marc A. Genest

1. The Message Heard "Round the World" and the First American Political Campaign Marc A. Genest

2. Why Communications Mattered in the War of 1812 Troy Bickham

Part II. Introduction Mass Circulation Newspapers, Magazines, and the Telegraph Marc A. Genest

3. The Communications Revolution during the US Civil War Martin J. Manning

4. The Cuban Junta in Exile and the Origins of the Spanish-American War Michelle D. Getchell

5. Narrating the War in the Philippines, 1899-1902 David J. Silbey

6. John Reed and US Perceptions of the Russian Revolution Bruce A. Elleman

7. Theodore Roosevelt's Verbal Insurgency against Woodrow Wilson in World War I J. Lee Thompson

Part III. Introduction Early Mass Media: Print and Radio Marc A. Genest

8. Edgar Snow and Shaping US Perceptions of the Chinese Civil War S. C. M. Paine

9. Franklin D. Roosevelt and World War II Michael G. Carew

10. Selling a Limited War in Korea, 1950-53 Steven Casey

Part IV. Introduction Mass Media: Print, Radio, Television, and Cable Marc A. Genest

11. How Presidents Explained Vietnam, 1954-75 David Kaiser

12. American Wartime Communication Strategies during the Gulf War Judith Baroody

Part V. Introduction The Twenty-First Century Information Age: Print, Radio, Cable TV, Internet, and Social Media Andrea J. Dew and Marc A. Genest

13. Struggling to Overcome the Afghan Taliban's Master Narratives Thomas H. Johnson and Matthew C. DuPée

14. The Challenge of Outcommunicating the Islamic State Haroro J. Ingram and Craig A. Whiteside

15. Communicating the Global War on Terror from Speeches to Tweets Andrea J. Dew

Conclusion: Tweaking the Tweets Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, S. C. M. Paine

List of Contributors

Index