These Proceedings are the seventh volume to be published in a series generated by the annual Military History Symposium hosted by the Combat Studies Institute. Each year, these conferences bring together both military and civilian historians, as well as formal and informal students of military history, literally from around the world, for the purposes of presenting ideas and points of view on current military issues from a historical perspective. The 2009 symposium was sponsored by the US Army Combined Arms Center (CAC) and was held 25-27 August 2009 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. This symposium explored the relationship between the US Army and the media within a historical context. The panelists also examined current issues, dilemmas, problems, trends, and practices associated with the US Army and its coverage by the American and international media.

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Foreword / William G. Robertson ; Day 1. Keynote speaker / Bill Kurtis -- Panel 1: Forging a relationship: the Army and the media. A horrible fascination: the military and the media / Frederick J. Chiaventone -- Ethics and embedded journalists: beyond boundaries of industry induced guidelines of objectivity and balance / Ron Martz -- Panel 2: The Philippines and the First World War. "Its officers did not forget": the Philippine War, the press, and the pre-World War I US Army / Thomas A Burscine, Jr. -- To best serve democracy: censorship and the great war / Jared Tracey -- Panel 3: The Vietnam War. Generals Westmoreland and Abrams meet the press: what went right and what went wrong with media relations in Vietnam / William M. Hammond -- The Viet Cong assault on the US embassy at Tet and the military media controversy it launched / Donald North ; Day 2. Featured speaker / John Burns -- Panel 4: The Cold War. Professionalism's impact on public affairs education at the Army War College, 1950-1989 / Paul Gardner -- Panel 5: Experiences beyond the US Army. Soviet news media performance during the Afghan War: STRATCOM utopia or dystopia? / Robert Baumann -- Public communications and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) / Bernard Barrett ; Day 3. Featured speaker: Today's combat correspondent: the "new media" and reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan / Andrew Lubin -- Panel 6: Current operations. Historical roots and explanations for "embedding" journalists / Phillip Fraund -- Beyond doctrine: a historical perspective on the information operations debate in media-military relations / Stephen Badsey -- Featured speaker / Ralph Peters. Day 1 : keynote speaker -- Day 1, panel 1 : forging a relationship : the Army and the media -- Day 1, panel 2 : the Philippines and the First World War -- Day 1, panel 3 : the Vietnam War -- Day 2 : featured speaker -- Day 2, panel 4 : the Cold War -- Day 2, panel 5 : experiences beyond the US Army -- Day 3 : featured speaker -- Day 3, panel 6 : current operations -- Day 3 : featured speaker.