WWII and Newspapers

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This paper discusses the media's role in convincing American's of the validity of military intervention in World War II. It looks at how many American papers attempted to stir up patriotism and support for the war by showing the enthusiasm of American troops who already were involved in combat activities. It shows, with examples how in these sorts of testimonials, the media revealed the fervor and patriotism of American troops, hoping that this depiction of the troops mentality would be infectious and convince Americans that the war was a good a thing. It evaluates how such publications convinced many Americans to reconsider radically their isolationist impulses and take a holistic view of American politics that made them see that international politics could have profound effects on national and even local politics.

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"America's entry into World War II was indeed a strange and unusual time in the history of American politics, which had a variety of different impacts and effects throughout the nation. Indeed, America had been going through an exceptionally difficult period before entry into the war due to the terrible economic situations of the Great Depression, which had left a large number of American's without work and had destroyed the savings of many more. The leanness of the economic times lead to an increasing tendency towards isolationism in America, with the feeling that Europe and Asia should deal with their own problems. Many Americans felt that such matters were not relevant to American concern and did not require American involvement. Nonetheless, America had grown into one of the most important military and economic powers in the free world and its economy was particularly tied to interests in Europe, so, although many individual Americans may have felt isolated from that theater of conflict, certainly our leaders, who had a greater understanding of the manner in which foreign events affected one another, realized that intervention was necessary and very probably in our own best interests."

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