Download or read book Mightier Than the Sword written by Rodger Streitmatter and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1998-02-13 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than two centuries, American journalism has played a seminal role not merely in recording this nation's history but also in shaping it. By looking at fourteen discrete events, from the 1760s through the 1990s, this book reveals that as the American news media report and comment on events of the day, they wield enormous impact on those events. Index. 27 photos & cartoons.