The Military and the Press: An Uneasy Truce

by Michael S. Sweeney

Because news is a weapon of war--affecting public opinion, troop morale, even strategy--for more than a century America's wartime officials have sought to control or influence the press, most recently by "embedding" reporters within military units in Iraq. This second front, where press freedom and military imperatives often do battle, is the territory explored in The Military and the Press, a history of how press-military relations have evolved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810122995
• ISBN13: 9780810122994
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"