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The first comprehensive study of the contentious issue of the public's right to know in time of war or limited conflict. The book traces the uneasy relations between the military and a generally unprepared and gullible media, from the Crimea to the present day. It shows how the advent of nuclear warfare has outlawed the nationalistic wars of survival of the past, and freed the citizen from his age-old obligations in time of war, able to make up his or her own mind on the merits of the situation. It is here that the battle lies, in the struggle for public opinion as a necessary precursor to war. This book details how the military discovered the secret of media and public manipulation in the Falklands, tested it in Grenada, and refined it in Panama before deploying it in all its glory during the Gulf. This book is essential reading for every soldier and journalist, or any student of military history as it points the way to the future.
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THE MEDIA AND THE MILITARY
Dr Peter Young served as a regular soldier in Special Forces and Intelligence. He saw combat with 22 SAS as a troop commander in Malaya during the Emergency. He served two tours of Vietnam in Intelligence and Special Forces, the first with the CIA, the second as Assistant Military Attache in Saigon. He is a former Defence Editor of The Australian and Defence and Foreign Affairs Editor for Network Ten Television, working out of the Parliamentary Press Gallery. He was founding Editor and Publisher of the Pacific Defence Reporter and served for a year as the television representative on the Media Response Group of the Australian Defence Media Advisory Group. He is Associate Professor in Defence Media Studies at Griffith University, and President of the International Defence Media Association. He holds a BA in war and policy studies, a master of defence studies and a PhD on the topic of defence and the media. Peter Jesser served as a regular soldier in the Australian Army. He was attached to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force as an adviser for two years and was selected for twelve months' higher education in the United States. He is currently an academic working in the areas of management and defence studies. He is Secretary of the International Defence Media Association. He holds a bachelor of business (distinction), a master of science in management and policy, and a master of defence studies. He is completing a PhD on the topic of the media and United Nations peacekeeping.
The Media and the Military From the Crimea to Desert Strike Peter Young
Associate Professor in Defence Media Studies Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations Griffith University
and
Peter Jesser
Secretary International Defence Media Association
First published in Great Britain 1997 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-333-71905-3 ISBN 978-0-230-37680-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230376809
First published in Australia 1997 by
MACMILLAN EDUCATION AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 107 Moray Street, South Melbourne 3205
Associated companies and representatives throughout the world National Library of Australia cataloguing in publication data Young, Peter R. (Peter Raymond), 1933-. The media and the military : from the Crimea to Desert Strike. Bibliography. Includes index. ISBN 978-0-7329-4435-3. ISBN 978-0-7329-4436-0. I. Mass media- Political aspects. 2. War in the press. 3. Armed Forces and mass media. I. Jesser, Peter. II Title. 070.44935502 © Peter Young and Peter Jesser 1997
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