From the Spanish-American War to the War on Terror, each chapter in Selling War in a Media Age explains how modern presidents have influenced, coerced, directed, and led public opinion over matters of war and peace since 1898.

Includes bibliographical references.

Hail to the salesman in chief : domestic politics, foreign policy, and the presidency / Andrew L. Johns -- Imperial tutor : William McKinley, the War of 1898, and the New Empire, 1898-1902 / George C. Herring -- War and the health of the state : the U.S. government and the communications revolution during World War I / Emily S. Rosenberg -- Selling different kinds of war : Franklin D. Roosevelt and American public opinion during World War II / Mark A. Stoler -- Cementing and dissolving consensus : presidential rhetoric during the Cold War, 1947-1969 / Robert D. Schulzinger -- Hard sell : the Korean War / Marilyn B. Young -- Eisenhower's dilemma : talking peace and waging Cold War / Kenneth Osgood -- "We need to get a better story to the American people" : LBJ, the Progress Campaign, and the Vietnam War on television / Chester Pach -- Selling star wars : Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative / Paul S. Boyer -- The ministry of fear : selling the Gulf wars / Lloyd Gardner -- War, democracy, and the state / Robert J. McMahon -- Worm's-eye view / David Halberstam.