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.

This important new book, edited by three senior members of the Strategy and Policy Department at the U.S. Naval War College, contributes significant knowledge that will be of value to both scholars and practitioners in our information age. Keeping in mind that national security concerns launched and continue to propel the information revolution, From Quills to Tweets uses historical case studies of the United States across three centuries to strengthen our understanding of information as an elemental strategic dimension of war.

• Introduction: Message, Messenger, Medium, and Political EnvironmentAndrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, and S. C. M. PainePart I. IntroductionCommittees of Correspondence and Early Newspapers Marc A. Genest1. The Message Heard "Round the World" and the First American Political CampaignMarc A. Genest2. Why Communications Mattered in the War of 1812Troy Bickham Part II. IntroductionMass Circulation Newspapers, Magazines, and the Telegraph Marc A. Genest 3. The Communications Revolution during the US Civil WarMartin J. Manning4. The Cuban Junta in Exile and the Origins of the Spanish-American WarMichelle D. Getchell5. Narrating the War in the Philippines, 1899-1902David J. Silbey6. John Reed and US Perceptions of the Russian RevolutionBruce A. Elleman7. Theodore Roosevelt's Verbal Insurgency against Woodrow Wilson in World War IJ. Lee ThompsonPart III. IntroductionEarly Mass Media: Print and RadioMarc A. Genest 8. Edgar Snow and Shaping US Perceptions of the Chinese Civil WarS. C. M. Paine 9. Franklin D. Roosevelt and World War IIMichael G. Carew10. Selling a Limited War in Korea, 1950-53Steven Casey Part IV. Introduction Mass Media: Print, Radio, Television, and Cable Marc A. Genest11. How Presidents Explained Vietnam, 1954-75David Kaiser12. American Wartime Communication Strategies during the Gulf WarJudith Baroody Part V. IntroductionThe Twenty-First Century Information Age: Print, Radio, Cable TV, Internet, and Social MediaAndrea J. Dew and Marc A. Genest 13. Struggling to Overcome the Afghan Taliban's Master NarrativesThomas H. Johnson and Matthew C. DuPée14. The Challenge of Outcommunicating the Islamic StateHaroro J. Ingram and Craig A. Whiteside15. Communicating the Global War on Terror from Speeches to TweetsAndrea J. DewConclusion: Tweaking the TweetsAndrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, S. C. M. Paine List of Contributors Index