Title Media and the politics of failure : great powers, communication strategies, and military defeats / Laura Roselle

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (190 pages) Series Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication. Contents Political communication and policy legitimacy: explaining failure -- War waging and reassessment: Vietnam -- Withdrawal and aftermath: Vietnam -- War waging and reassessment: Afghanistan -- Withdrawal and aftermath: Afghanistan -- Conclusions and a post-cold war assessment Summary Roselle analyzes how political leaders of powerful states use media to explain military defeats. The cases of the United States in Vietnam and the Soviet Union in Afghanistan highlight the role of great power identity, domestic politics, and media structure Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Graubünden Regierung gnd Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava gnd Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Mass media and the war. Mass media -- United States. Communication in politics -- United States Mass media -- Soviet Union Communication in politics -- Soviet Union War in mass media. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism. Communication in politics Mass media Mass media and war War in mass media Afghanistan-Konflikt 1979-1989 Kommunikationsstörung Kriegführung Massenmedien Niederlage Politische Kommunikation Vietnamkrieg Öffentlichkeitsarbeit SUBJECT Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 -- Mass media and the war Subject Afghanistan Soviet Union United States Sowjetunion USA Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781403983602 1403983607 9781403975256 1403975256

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