Why read The War Beat, Europe?

Book cover of The War Beat, Europe: The American Media at War Against Nazi Germany

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From the North African desert to the bloody stalemate in Italy, from the London blitz to the D-Day beaches, a group of highly courageous and extremely talented American journalists reported the war against Nazi Germany for a grateful audience. Based on a wealth of previously untapped primary sources, War Beat,…

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1 author picked The War Beat, Europe as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Richard Fine

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This is a book I wish I had written, far and away the best book about coverage of the Second World War in Europe.

It is based on a wealth of archival research and features both celebrated reporters like Ernie Pyle and Edward R. Murrow, and less well-known ones like Homer Bigart and Don Whitehead. Although award-winning scholarship, Casey’s work is accessible to any curious reader. Casey is English but understands well the American military, the American press, and American culture generally.

Casey explores the war in the Pacific theater in a subsequent book, The War Beat, Pacific: The American…

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