"With nearly 60 per cent of Americans initially against a preemptive war without sanction from the United Nations - and even higher anti-war numbers in most other nations - the 2003 war against Iraq quickly became an enormous public relations challenge for the George W. Bush adm…
Introduction: the spectacle of televised war -- High concept, media conglomeration, and commercial news -- The high-concept war narrative -- Intertextuality, genres, and stars -- War characters -- The look and sound of high-concept war coverage -- The marketing of the 2003 invas…
"In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation - especially for women. In this first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared since the invasion, What Kind of Liberation? reports from the heart of the war zone…
"In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation - especially for women. In this first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared since the invasion, What Kind of Liberation? reports from the heart of the war zone…
Discusses America's involvement in Iraq, including the risks, triumphs, and repercussions, and offers alternatives to future dealings with Iraq and the War on Terrorism.
Discusses America's involvement in Iraq, including the risks, triumphs, and repercussions, and offers alternatives to future dealings with Iraq and the War on Terrorism.
"Reporting War examines the nature of contemporary war reporting in a range of locales, including Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East - especially Iraq - and southern Asia. The contributors, both practising and former journalists and leading academics, consider issues including…
Examining the experience of watching the war against Iraq on television, on the Internet, in print media and in cinema, this book looks at the endless stream of images from Iraq while recognizing the way in which the war turned images themselves into weapons.
Examining the experience of watching the war against Iraq on television, on the Internet, in print media and in cinema, this book looks at the endless stream of images from Iraq while recognizing the way in which the war turned images themselves into weapons.