Bøger af Philip Hammond

This book examines how the media interprets contemporary conflicts and international interventions. It compares British press coverage across six different crises (Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq), examining how conflict is explained and how far Western military intervention is represented as justifiable and necessary. -- .

Investigates how conflict and international intervention have changed since the end of Cold War, asking why Western military operations are conducted as high-tech media spectacles, apparently important for their propaganda value than for any strategic aims. This book analyzes rise of a postmodern sensibility in domestic and international politics.