Televising War: From Vietnam to Iraq

by Andrew Hoskins

Book Overview

Our relationship with the past-whether judgment, celebration, commemoration or denial-has become an important part of public culture. This book explores the relationship between televisual communication and memory-focusing on the conflicts that have disrupted and changed our world over the past 50 years-with particular reference to the current war in Iraq.

Case studies cover the Holocaust, Vietnam, both Gulf Wars and Kosovo. Though the Vietnam...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826473067
• ISBN13: 9780826473066
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"