War and the media : propaganda and persuasion in the Gulf War / Philip M. Taylor.
Material type: TextPublisher: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, [1992]Distributor: New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press Copyright date: ©1992Description: xiv, 338 pages : map ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0719037530
- 9780719037535
- 0719037549
- 9780719037542
- 070.44995670442 23
- DS79.72 .T39 1992
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-328) and index.
Introduction: Image and reality in the Gulf War -- 1. 'A controlled information environment': allied media management in the Gulf war. Introduction. The 'video-game war'. The newspool system. The unilaterals. The Riyadh briefings. The 'Scudfest'. Of crossed wires and cormorants -- 2. Reporters under fire: Iraqi media mismanagement in the Gulf War. Introduction. CNN and reports from the enemy capital. Parading the captured pilots. The 'baby milk plant' episode. 'They murder children' -- 3. War on the mind: preparing for the ground offensive. Introduction. Cock-up at Khafji. Psychological warfare. Storm in the desert -- 4. 'Collateral damage': the air war and the issue of civilian casualties. The issue of 'collateral damage'. The Ramsay Clark mission. Amiriya, 13 February 1991. Holding fast the inner lines. Aftermath -- 5. 'Apocalypse where?': the 100 hour land war and the 'highway to hell'. Introduction. Atrocity propaganda from Kuwait and preparations for G-Day. The ground war. The liberation of Kuwait City. The battle of Mutlah Gap -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Countries considered part of the coalition -- Countries making economic, humanitarian or other contributions to the coalition.
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