The war correspondent
From Crimea to Vietnam, the Falklands to the Gulf and Afghanistan, Iraq and the War on Terror, the books examines the attractions and risks of war reporting; the challenge of objectivity and impartiality in the war zone; the danger that journalistic independence is compromised by military control, c...
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London
Pluto Press
[2016]
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| Edition: | Second edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- PART I: THE WAR CORRESPONDENT IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- The War Correspondent: Risk, Motivation and Tradition
- Journalism, Objectivity and War
- From Luckless Tribe to Wireless Tribe: The Impact of Media Technologies on War Reporting
- PART II: THE WAR CORRESPONDENT AND THE MILITARY
- Getting to Know Each Other: From Crimea to Vietnam
- Learning and Forgetting: From the Falklands to the Gulf
- Goodbye Vietnam Syndrome: The Embed System in Afghanistan and Iraq
- PART III: THE WAR CORRESPONDENT AND IDEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS
- Reporting the Cold War and the New World Order
- Reporting the 'War on Terror' and the Return of the Evil Empire
- Conclusions: 'Telling Truth to Power' - the Ultimate Role of the War Correspondent?