World War II. The author describes the top newspaper columnists and radio personalities of the time and how they interacted with the Army press office. .

Contents: Setting the Stage for War: The Handling of Information and News Policy in the Overseas Theaters; Areas of BPR Overseas All-Media Responsibility; The Overseas BPR: Organizing Fixed or Stationary PROs for War; Army Public Relations and the Press; North Africa, Mid-East and European Theaters, Two Parts. Part 1: The War and the News; Part 2: The Press Swarms to the Battle Zones; The Overseas BPR and the Press: England, North Africa, Italy and the Rest of Europe: From Bayou to Berlin; Innovations of the Overseas Press and the BPR: Mobility, Local News and War Photography; Motivating the Public in a Reportable War: Ideology, the Need and the Meaning of the News; Overseas PRO and the Opening of News Lines: Communications, Cable and Carrier Pigeon; The PROs and the News Media Fight the Pacific War; More Changes in the World War II Press: Women Reporters Move Ahead; Black News and Black Reporters in War; News Correspondents and the Taste of Death; Part One: To D- Day; Part 2: D-Day: The Pigeon Still Flies High; The Flaps and Conquests of Media and PROs: From the Hedgerows to Berlin; Public Relations and the Media in the Pacific War; Domestic Overseas Entertainment for Civilian Audiences: Theater, Recording Artists, Musicals, and Athletics; Hello, America, Hello, World: Beaming Radio Over the Globe; BPR and Music, Worldwide; The Entertainers; Field Censorship in World War II. .