War and Media Operations : The US Military and the Press from Vietnam to Iraq

ISBN-13: 9780415472098 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 240 str.

Rid Thomas

Opis

The US Military and the Press from Vietnam to Iraq.

Recenzje

'War and Media Operations is must-reading for anyone who wants to understand
how modern wars are sold to public opinion.'
Jamie Shea, Director of Policy Planning at NATO, alliance spokesman during
the Kosovo War

'Those who support or oppose 'embedded' journalism will find ammunition here
but Rid himself doesn't take shots.'
Steven Komarow, USA TODAY, embedded with the US Army's V Corps during
the Iraq War

'thought-provoking, insightful, and deeply engaging'
Ikujiro Nonaka, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy,
Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, former Xerox Professor of Knowledge, Haas
School of Business, University of Berkeley, author of The Knowledge Creating
Company

'Thomas Rid demonstrates how nimble adversaries such as Al-Qaeda are coming
up with their own information strategy.'
James Mann, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins
University, author of Rise of the Vulcans

'The best analysis I have yet seen of the role of Public Affairs within the wider
context of Information Operations.'
Philip Taylor, University of Leeds, UK, author of Munitions of the Mind: A History of Propaganda

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: The Military as a Learning Organization  2. Perspectives on Military Learning  3. A Model of Strategic Innovation  Part 2: The History of Media Operations  4. Disastrous Public Affairs: Vietnam  5. Restrictive Public Affairs: Grenada, Panama, and the Persian Gulf  6. Experimental Public Affairs: Somalia, the Balkans, and Afghanistan  Part 3: A Case Study of Strategic Innovation  7. Retrieving Past Experiences?  8. Strategic Public Affairs: Iraq  Part 4: Discussion and Outlook  9. The Friendly Learning Loop  10. The Adversarial Learning Loop

O autorze

Thomas Rid