| No Bad Stories: The American Media-Military Relationship Contributor(s): Naval Postgraduate School (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1500807249 ISBN-13: 9781500807245 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) |
| Physical Information: 0.05" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.18 lbs) 24 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book will argue, however, that the strained relationship between the media and the U.S. military has nothing to do with censorship-for the simple reason that media-military relations have always been rocky, nevermore than in World War II. The difference between World War II and Vietnam was not the presence of censorship but the absence of victory. In other conflicts, victory has erased memories of a troubled relationship; after Vietnam, the media was caught up in the quest for a scapegoat. Furthermore, the nebulous goals of the War on Terrorism, the fact that it is likely to be a prolonged operation, and the inherent difficulties from a media perspective of covering a war fought from the air and in the shadows virtually guarantee a degeneration of the relationship between two institutions with an inherent distrust of each other. |
