If you, like your intrepid Alliance reporter here, have been properly social distancing, you’ve likely spent a lot of time with the TV on in the background or binging your comfort film favorites to get you through the past few months. And our time at home has not yet ended, so get ready to cozy up with some more of your favorite streaming services this fall.
Journalists report the facts, giving their readers and viewers the details they need to make informed decisions about their lives and the world around them. While they are usually background players, in recent weeks they have taken center stage, not as the storytellers, but as the story. During last night’s Super Bowl LIII, The Washington Post highlighted this point in an ad about the value of journalists to our democracy.
For most Americans, reporting by journalists embedded in war zones with our troops is the primary way we learn about our military men and women and the issues and challenges of serving in the armed forces. We’ve rounded up 10 great books about some of the best military, war and defense reporters in the business to help you learn more about America’s wars and war correspondents.
