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02877aam a2200385 i 4500 001 58F4E0A674A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200402010032 008 190208s2019 nyuab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2019004306 020 $a 1433151324 020 $a 9781433151323 035 $a (OCoLC)1089275147 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d ERASA $d DLC $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E440.5 F84 2019 100 1 $a Fuhlhage, Michael, $d 1967- $e author. 245 10 $a Yankee reporters and Southern secrets : $b journalism, open source intelligence, and the coming of the Civil War / $c Michael Fuhlhage. 264 1 $a New York : $b Peter Lang, $c [2019] 300 $a xvii, 275 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Mediating American history ; $v vol. 16 520 $a "This book reveals the evidence of secessionist conspiracy that appeared in American newspapers from the end of the 1860 presidential campaign to just before the first major battle of the American Civil War. It tells the story of the Yankee reporters who risked their lives by going undercover in hostile places that became the Confederate States of America. By observing the secession movement and sending reports for publication in Northern newspapers, they armed the Union with intelligence about the enemy that civil and military leaders used to inform their decisions in order to contain damage and answer the movement to break the Union apart and establish a separate slavery-based nation in the South"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-262) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: news as an intelligence subsidy -- The role of actionable intelligence on the road to Fort Sumter -- Historical context: Buchanan, Lincoln, and the quandary of Southern revolution -- Varieties of information and intelligence during the secession crisis -- Osint from Secessia : actionable information from Southern and border state newspapers -- An ad hoc secret service : news reporters mobilize in the North -- News reporting as actionable information: how Unionist authorities used information from the press -- Conclusion: news and the roots of intelligence-gathering organizations -- Historiographical essay. 651 0 $a United States $x Press coverage. $y 1815-1861 $x Press coverage. 650 0 $a Military intelligence $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Journalism $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Press and politics $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a American newspapers $x History $y 19th century. 830 0 $a Mediating American history; $v vol. 16. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806022909.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=58F4E0A674A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search