U. S. Army and the Media in the 20th Century

• Author(s): Robert T. Davis,
• Publisher: DIANE Publishing
• Pages: 127
• ISBN_10: 1437923062
  ISBN_13: 9781437923063
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / General ,

Description:... This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Surveys the U.S. Army¿s approach to media relations from the Spanish-American War to the first Gulf War. The relationship between the Army and the media is considered in the broader context of the U.S. Government¿s approach to info. mgmt. (IM) Here is an overview of how the U.S. Army has approached its relations with the media over the previous century. Since World War I a number of bureaucratic manifestations of IM have been tried in wartime. With the exception of the U.S. Info. Agency, whose tenure spanned the period from 1953 to 1999, all the other manifestations of bureaucratic IM rose and fell during the wars in which they were created. The need for units in the field to participate in IM is a major challenge for future operations. Illus.