Civil
War newspapers are examined in depth in BLUE & GRAY
IN BLACK & WHITE -- an exploration of the individual and collective
efforts of journalists assigned to some 2500 daily and weekly newspapers.
It focuses on the personalities, politics, and rivalries of editors; the efforts of newspapers to influence military appointments, strategy, and tactics; advances in printing technology; formal and informal censorship; the suppression of dissident newspapers; and, most of all, the war correspondents themselves.
These journalists and illustrators demonstrated a basic truth borne out in every war since: an unfettered, honest journalist is a burden to an army in the field, anathema to the seat of government, and vital to a democratic society.
It focuses on the personalities, politics, and rivalries of editors; the efforts of newspapers to influence military appointments, strategy, and tactics; advances in printing technology; formal and informal censorship; the suppression of dissident newspapers; and, most of all, the war correspondents themselves.
These journalists and illustrators demonstrated a basic truth borne out in every war since: an unfettered, honest journalist is a burden to an army in the field, anathema to the seat of government, and vital to a democratic society.
