War and the Media Propaganda and persuasion in the Gulf War [Paperback]

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Introduction: Image and reality in the Gulf War.

Chapter One: 'A controlled information environment': allied media management in the Gulf War.

Chapter Two: Reporters under fire: Iraqui media mismanagement in the Gulf War.

Chapter Three: War on the mind: preparing for the ground offensive.

Chapter Four: 'Collateral damage': the air war and the issue of civilian casualties.

Chapter Five: 'Apocalypse where?': the 100 hour land war and the 'highway to hell'.

Conclusion.

Philip M. Taylor is Reader in International Communications at the University of Leeds