War and Media Operations

By Thomas Rid

War and Media Operations - Thomas Rid
  • Release Date: 2007-02-15
  • Genre: Military History

Description

This is the first academic analysis of the role of embedded media in the 2003 Iraq War, providing a concise history of US military public affairs management since Vietnam.In late summer 2002, the Pentagon considered giving the press an inside view of the upcoming invasion of Iraq. The decision was surprising, and the innovative "embedded media prog