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The Media and the Military

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  • © 1997

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  1. Peter Young

    1. Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations, Griffith University, Australia

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  2. Peter Jesser

    1. International Defence Media Association, Australia

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Changed Nature of War and Duties of the Citizen in Time of War

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Evolution of the Conflict between the Media and the Military

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 20-44

  4. Post-War Self Determination: The Unheeded Warning

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 45-61

  5. Northern Ireland: A Classic Democratic Dilemma

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 62-78

  6. Vietnam: Deception on a National Scale

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 79-96

  7. The Falklands Conflict: A Policy of Media Manipulation

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 97-119

  8. Grenada: An Emerging Pattern of Control

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 120-138

  9. Panama: A Deliberate Policy of Exclusion

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 139-157

  10. The Gulf Conflict: The Ascendancy of the Military

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 158-191

  11. The Media and United Nations Peace-keeping

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 192-203

  12. Somalia: The Uninvited Intervention

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 204-225

  13. Cambodia: The War the Media Forgot

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 226-250

  14. Haiti: A Domestically-Driven Intervention

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 251-270

  15. Conclusion: An Uncertain Future

    • Peter Young, Peter Jesser
    Pages 271-296

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 297-391
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The first comprehensive study of the contentious issue of the public's right to know in time of war or limited conflict. The book traces the uneasy relations between the military and a generally unprepared and gullible media, from the Crimea to the present day. It shows how the advent of nuclear warfare has outlawed the nationalistic wars of survival of the past, and freed the citizen from his age-old obligations in time of war, able to make up his or her own mind on the merits of the situation. It is here that the battle lies, in the struggle for public opinion as a necessary precursor to war. This book details how the military discovered the secret of media and public manipulation in the Falklands, tested it in Grenada, and refined it in Panama before deploying it in all its glory during the Gulf. This book is essential reading for every soldier and journalist, or any student of military history as it points the way to the future.

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  • Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations, Griffith University, Australia

    Peter Young

  • International Defence Media Association, Australia

    Peter Jesser

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PETER YOUNG
PETER JESSER

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