Shooting the Messenger : The Political Impact of War Reporting


Paul L. Moorcraft
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt
Dulles, : : Potomac Books Inc., , 2008.
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1 online resource (335 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1: The Origins of War Reporting; Shooting the Messenger; The Rise of the Specials; Russell and the Crimean War; The American Civil War; The Imperial Wars; Entente between Pen and Sword; 2: The World Wars; The Great War; The Wars Between the Wars; The Russian Revolution and Its Repercussions; Abyssinia; The Spanish Civil War; The Gathering Storm; World War II; 3: The Cold War (of Words); The Korean War; French Indochina; Suez: No End of a Lesson; Algeria: A Savage War; Britain's Colonial Wars; America's War on the Doorstep; Vietnam. - The Empire Strikes BackGrenada, Panama, and Haiti; End of History?; 4: African "Sideshows"?; Rhodesia: Arguing with Arithmetic and History; South Africa: Reporting Apartheid; Somalia; 5: Europe's Intra-State Conflicts; Balkan Wars; Kosovo; Northern Ireland; Hidden War: Chechnya; 6: The Middle East and Afghanistan; Israel versus the Palestinians; Iran; Afghanistan; The Gulf War; The Intifadas; Media Influence; 7: The Long War; Afghanistan; "With Us or Against Us"; The Iraq War; Embeds and Fembeds; Atrocity Stories; Shaping the Information Space; The Occupation Fiasco; The Other Occupation. - Troubles Elsewhere: DarfurLebanon; Hearts and Minds in the Long Haul; 8: The Mechanics of Reporting War and Peace; Reporting Peace; The Decline of Foreign News Reporting; The Media in Post-Conflict Interventions; The Media Operators: Hidden Persuaders?; What Makes War Correspondents Tick?; 9: No More Heroes?; Witnesses to History; The CNN Effect?; Hacks versus the Bean Counters; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Authors. - Provides unique insight into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
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