A fascinating collection of stories.-Military Review
Those interested in the evolution of war coverage will certainly enjoy Dubbs's work. Anyone wanting to get a view of the war through a slightly different angle also cannot go wrong by reading American Journalists in the Great War.-Dave Page, Journal of America's Military Past
An interesting mix of hard and popular history, American Journalists in the Great War is worthy of attention from both historians and fans of history alike.-Willie R. Tubbs, American Journalism
This book's author, Chris Dubbs, can spin a yarn to rival even the great American journalist Richard Harding Davis. . . . This is history at its most accessible and significant.-Margaret Spratt, Roads to the Great War blog
Dubbs explores the great stories of the war.-Peter Reichard, America: The Jesuit Review
Chris Dubbs captures the dangers, challenges, and occasional glamour of the journalists who performed the daily historical and photographic preservation of the battles and frustrations of a war that changed the face of Europe and shattered millions of lives. . . . World War I ended approximately 100 years ago, but Dubbs presents issues that journalists and newspaper readers still grapple with a century later.-Michael J. Piellusch, On Point: The Journal of Army History
Journalism, as we know it, faces challenges on many fronts today, and Dubbs has given us a valuable window from which to see what an important role it has played in our past.-Stephen Vaughn, Historian
Like the reporters in his narrative, Chris Dubbs has a keen eye for a good story, and he packs American Journalists in the Great War with entertaining anecdotes about the lengths to which American journalists would go to get a scoop.-Steven Trout, author of On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919-1941
This book fills a serious historical gap in understanding the role played by American wartime correspondents in the evolution of journalistic rules of engagement during the Great War. . . . Simply put, American Journalists in the Great War is detailed, meaningful, and essential history that deserves noteworthy reception.-Col. David R. Fabian, U.S. Army (Ret.), chief of staff, the Army Historical Foundation
Chris Dubbs recounts the swashbuckling men and women who risked life and limb, struggling against censors and battlefield conditions, to report the Great War. This book is a timely read in an era of unending war that will be of interest to both the general and the scholarly reader.-Mitchel P. Roth, author of The Encyclopedia of War Journalism, 1807-2010