Thomas Crosbie is associate professor of military operations at the Royal Danish Defence College. He is the editor of Berghahn Books’ Military Politics series and Military Politics: New Perspectives (2023), among other books.

The Political Army is a major contribution to the study of the relationship among the military, the media, and society. It should be mandatory reading for senior military leaders who would benefit from Crosbie’s penetrating analysis of what the army has done right and wrong when dealing with the press.

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Democracy of WarPart I. The Birth of the Political Army1. The Army Ascendant: Marshall’s Media Management, 1939–19452. Army Overreach: Domestic Politics and Command Culture, 1945–1963Part II. The Fall of the Political Army3. Outpaced: The Press and Public Affairs in Vietnam, 1963–19684. The Tet Paradox: Media-Management Regimes in Vietnam, 1968–19755. Tet Suppressed: Army Doctrinal Innovations, 1976–1982Part III. The Rise of the Political Army6. Recovery: Small Wars and Organizational Renewal, 1983–19897. The Test: Media-Management Regimes in the Gulf War, 1990–19918. Lessons Learned and Not Learned, 1991–2000Conclusion. The Birth, Fall, and Rise of the Political ArmyNotesIndex

Thomas Crosbie is associate professor of military operations at the Royal Danish Defence College. He is the editor of Berghahn Books’ Military Politics series and Military Politics: New Perspectives (2023), among other books.

The Political Army is a major contribution to the study of the relationship among the military, the media, and society. It should be mandatory reading for senior military leaders who would benefit from Crosbie’s penetrating analysis of what the army has done right and wrong when dealing with the press.

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Democracy of WarPart I. The Birth of the Political Army1. The Army Ascendant: Marshall’s Media Management, 1939–19452. Army Overreach: Domestic Politics and Command Culture, 1945–1963Part II. The Fall of the Political Army3. Outpaced: The Press and Public Affairs in Vietnam, 1963–19684. The Tet Paradox: Media-Management Regimes in Vietnam, 1968–19755. Tet Suppressed: Army Doctrinal Innovations, 1976–1982Part III. The Rise of the Political Army6. Recovery: Small Wars and Organizational Renewal, 1983–19897. The Test: Media-Management Regimes in the Gulf War, 1990–19918. Lessons Learned and Not Learned, 1991–2000Conclusion. The Birth, Fall, and Rise of the Political ArmyNotesIndex

Thomas Crosbie is associate professor of military operations at the Royal Danish Defence College. He is the editor of Berghahn Books’ Military Politics series and Military Politics: New Perspectives (2023), among other books.

The Political Army is a major contribution to the study of the relationship among the military, the media, and society. It should be mandatory reading for senior military leaders who would benefit from Crosbie’s penetrating analysis of what the army has done right and wrong when dealing with the press.

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Democracy of WarPart I. The Birth of the Political Army1. The Army Ascendant: Marshall’s Media Management, 1939–19452. Army Overreach: Domestic Politics and Command Culture, 1945–1963Part II. The Fall of the Political Army3. Outpaced: The Press and Public Affairs in Vietnam, 1963–19684. The Tet Paradox: Media-Management Regimes in Vietnam, 1968–19755. Tet Suppressed: Army Doctrinal Innovations, 1976–1982Part III. The Rise of the Political Army6. Recovery: Small Wars and Organizational Renewal, 1983–19897. The Test: Media-Management Regimes in the Gulf War, 1990–19918. Lessons Learned and Not Learned, 1991–2000Conclusion. The Birth, Fall, and Rise of the Political ArmyNotesIndex