Dying for the truth: the concise history of frontline war reporting
"The role of war correspondents is crucial to democracy and the public's discovery of the truth. Without them, the temptation to manipulate events with propaganda would be irresistible to politicians of all hues. It starts by examining how journalists have plied their trade over the years...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The role of war correspondents is crucial to democracy and the public's discovery of the truth. Without them, the temptation to manipulate events with propaganda would be irresistible to politicians of all hues. It starts by examining how journalists have plied their trade over the years most particularly from the Crimean War onwards. Their impact on the conduct of war has been profound and the author, an experienced journalist, explains in his frank and readable manner how this influence has shaped the actions of politicians and military commanders. By the same token the media is a potentially valuable tool to those in authority and this two-way relationship is examined. Technical developments and '24 hour news' have inevitably changed the nature of war reporting and their political masters ignore this at their peril and the author examines the key milestones on this road. Using his own and others' experiences in recent conflicts, be they Korea, Falklands, Balkans, Iraq or Afghanistan, the author opens the readers' eyes to an aspect of warfare that is all too often overlooked but can be crucial to the outcome. The public's attitude to the day-to-day conduct of war is becoming ever more significant and this fascinating book examines why |
| Beschreibung: | xviii, 358 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 1473879159 9781473879157 |
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About the Author....................................................x
Acknowledgements..................................................xii
Introduction......................................................xdi
Chapter 1: The Early Days of War Reporting..........................1
Shooting the Messenger..............................................1
The Rise of the Specials...........................................10
Russell and the Crimean War........................................11
The American Civil War.............................................17
The Imperial Wars..................................................21
Entente Between Pen and Sword......................................37
Chapter 2: The World Wars..........................................39
The Great War......................................................39
The Wars Between the Wars..........................................57
The Russian Revolution and Its Repercussions.......................59
Abyssinia..........................................................62
The Spanish Civil War..............................................64
The Gathering Storm................................................69
The Second World War...............................................71
Chapter 3: The Cold War............................................89
The Korean War.....................................................90
French Indochina...................................................94
Suez: No End of a Lesson...........................................96
Algeria: A Savage War..............................................97
Britain’s Colonial Wars............................................98
America’s War on the Doorstep.................................... 102
Vietnam...........................................................104
The Empire Strikes Back...........................................Ill
Grenada, Panama, and Haiti........................................118
End of History?...................................................123
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Chapter 4: African ‘Sideshows’?..................................129
Rhodesia: Arguing with Arithmetic and History....................131
South Africa: Reporting Apartheid................................140
Somalia..........................................................151
Chapter 5: Europe’s Wars: Civil Conflicts and Terrorism..........157
Balkan Wars......................................................158
Kosovo...........................................................167
Northern Ireland.................................................171
Hidden War: Chechnya.............................................177
Chapter 6: The Middle East and Afghanistan.......................181
Israel vs the Palestinians.......................................182
Iran.............................................................184
Afghanistan......................................................186
The Gulf War.....................................................190
The Intifadas....................................................203
Media Influence..................................................207
Chapter 7: The Long War..........................................209
Afghanistan......................................................210
‘With Us or Against Us’..........................................212
The Iraq War.....................................................218
Embed and Fembeds................................................222
Atrocity Stories.................................................230
Shaping the Information Space....................................232
The Occupation Fiasco............................................239
The Other Occupation.............................................245
Troubles Elsewhere: Darfur.......................................251
Lebanon..........................................................253
Hearts and Minds in the Long Haul................................254
Chapter 8: The Rise of the Islamic State.........................259
Obama’s Wars.....................................................259
The Arab Spring..................................................264
The New Caliphate................................................269
Chapter 9: The Mechanics of Reporting Peace and War..............275
Reporting Peace..................................................275
Contents ix
The Decline of Foreign News Reporting...............................279
The Media in Post-Conflict Interventions............................286
The Media Operators: Hidden Persuaders?.............................288
What Makes War Correspondents Tick?.................................298
Chapter 10: The End of Heroes?......................................307
Witnesses to History................................................307
The CNN Effect......................................................310
Hacks Versus the ‘Bean Counters’....................................315
Endnotes............................................................320
Select Bibliography.................................................332
Index...............................................................342
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