Foreword / Richard H. Solomon -- 1. Fighting the Last War: A Brief History of Government, the Military, and the News Media -- 2. Driving Fast without a Road Map: The News Media and Foreign Policy Today -- 3. Reporting the New Story: The News Media and Peace Operations -- 4. The Push: The News Media and Intervention -- 5. The Pull: Public Opinion and Peace Operations -- 6. Assessing the Gap: Conclusions and Recommendations
Summary
The influence of the media - particularly the "CNN effect" - has dramatically changed the way foreign-policy decisions are made. But just how deep is the change? Warren Strobel provides riveting behind-the-scenes accounts of recent peace operations in Bosnia, Rwanda, Somalia, Haiti, and northern Iraq. He describes the conditions in which the media have the greatest, and the least, influence, and offers recommendations to civilian and military leaders on building and maintaining public support in an age of intense media scrutiny
