The First Casualty When War Comes Is Truth Senator Hiram Johnson
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The First Casualty When War Comes Is Truth
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Author : Jack Higgins (p)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The First Casualty When War Comes Is Truth written by Jack Higgins (p) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with categories.
The First Casualty When War Comes Is Truth Senator Hiram Johnson
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Author : Joachim Treasurer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
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The First Casualty
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Author : Phillip Knightley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The First Casualty written by Phillip Knightley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
"The most comprehensive j'accuse of journalism as propaganda in the English language... Ought to be read by every young reporter and by those who retain pride in our craft of truth-telling, not matter how unpopular or unpalatable the truth." -- John Pilger, from the Preface to the new edition "The first casualty when war comes, is truth," said American Senator Hiram Johnson in 1917, and in his gripping, now-classic history of war journalism, Phillip Knightley shows just how right Johnson was. From William Howard Russell, who described the appalling conditions of the Crimean War in Times [London], to the ranks of reporters, photographers, and cameramen who captured the realities of war in Vietnam, The First Casualty tells a fascinating story of heroism and collusion, censorship and suppression, myth-making and propaganda. Since Vietnam, Knightley finds, governments have become much more adept at managing the media, and in new chapters on the Falklands, the Gulf War, and the former Yugoslavia, he concludes that the war correspondent's role as a seeker of truth is now in jeopardy. From reviews of the first edition: "[This book] may make us all a little more free to talk about and find the truth." -- Garry Wills, New York Times Book Review "Disturbing, even dismaying, yet also in its painful way, enormously entertaining." -- New Yorker
The First Casualty
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Author : Phillip Knightley
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2004-10-05
The First Casualty written by Phillip Knightley and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-05 with History categories.
"The first casualty when war comes, is truth," said American Senator Hiram Johnson in 1917. In his gripping, now-classic history of war journalism, Phillip Knightley shows just how right Johnson was. From William Howard Russell, who described the appalling conditions of the Crimean War in the Times of London, to the ranks of reporters, photographers, and cameramen who captured the realities of war in Vietnam, The First Casualty tells a fascinating story of heroism and collusion, censorship and suppression. Since Vietnam, Knightley reveals, governments have become much more adept at managing the media, as highlighted in chapters on the Falklands War, the Gulf War, and the conflict between NATO and Serbia over Kosovo. And in a new chapter on the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Knightley details even greater degrees of government manipulation and media complicity, as evidenced by the "embedding" of reporters in military units and the uncritical, openly patriotic coverage of these conflicts. "The age of the war correspondent as hero," he concludes, "appears to be over." Fully updated, The First Casualty remains required reading for anyone concerned about freedom of the press, journalistic responsibility, and the nature of modern warfare.
The First Casualty
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Author : Ben Elton
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-11-08
The First Casualty written by Ben Elton and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-08 with Fiction categories.
'A work of formidable imaginative scope' Daily Telegraph The first casualty when war comes is truth . . . Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead. , He is killed not by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines. A young English soldier is arrested and, although he protests his innocence, charged with his murder. Douglas Kingsley is a conscientious objector, previously a detective with the London police, now imprisoned for his beliefs. He is released and sent to France in order to secure a conviction. Forced to conduct his investigations amidst the hell of The Third Battle of Ypres, Kingsley soon discovers that both the evidence and the witnesses he needs are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds him. Ben Elton's tenth novel is a gut-wrenching historical drama which explores some fundamental questions: What is murder? What is justice in the face of unimaginable daily slaughter? And where is the honour in saving a man from the gallows if he is only to be returned to die in a suicidal battle?
935 Lies
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Author : Charles Lewis
language : en
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Release Date : 2014-06-24
935 Lies written by Charles Lewis and has been published by PublicAffairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-24 with Social Science categories.
Facts are and must be the coin of the realm in a democracy, for government "of the people, by the people and for the people," requires and assumes to some extent an informed citizenry. Unfortunately, for citizens in the United States and throughout the world, distinguishing between fact and fiction has always been a formidable challenge, often with real life and death consequences. But now it is more difficult and confusing than ever. The Internet Age makes comment indistinguishable from fact, and erodes authority. It is liberating but annihilating at the same time. For those wielding power, whether in the private or the public sector, the increasingly sophisticated control of information is regarded as utterly essential to achieving success. Internal information is severely limited, including calendars, memoranda, phone logs and emails. History is sculpted by its absence. Often those in power strictly control the flow of information, corroding and corrupting its content, of course, using newspapers, radio, television and other mass means of communication to carefully consolidate their authority and cover their crimes in a thick veneer of fervent racialism or nationalism. And always with the specter of some kind of imminent public threat, what Hannah Arendt called "objective enemies.'" An epiphanic, public comment about the Bush "war on terror" years was made by an unidentified White House official revealing how information is managed and how the news media and the public itself are regarded by those in power: "[You journalists live] "in what we call the reality-based community. [But] that's not the way the world really works anymore. We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality . . . we're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do." And yet, as aggressive as the Republican Bush administration was in attempting to define reality, the subsequent, Democratic Obama administration may be more so. Into the battle for truth steps Charles Lewis, a pioneer of journalistic objectivity. His book looks at the various ways in which truth can be manipulated and distorted by governments, corporations, even lone individuals. He shows how truth is often distorted or diminished by delay: truth in time can save terrible erroneous choices. In part a history of communication in America, a cri de coeur for the principles and practice of objective reporting, and a journey into several notably labyrinths of deception, 935 Lies is a valorous search for honesty in an age of casual, sometimes malevolent distortion of the facts.
Journalism And Truth
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Author : Tom Goldstein
language : en
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Release Date : 2007-08-10
Journalism And Truth written by Tom Goldstein and has been published by Northwestern University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-10 with History categories.
Looking at how journalism has changed over time, this book explores how the long-standing and untrustworthy conventions developed. It examines why reliable standards of objectivity and accuracy are critical not just to a free press but to the democratic society it informs and serves. It offers an account of how journalism and truth work.
The Prohibition Of Propaganda For War In International Law
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Author : Michael G. Kearney
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2007-11-15
The Prohibition Of Propaganda For War In International Law written by Michael G. Kearney and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-15 with History categories.
"Drawing on primary materials from the League of Nations to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, this book makes the case for the revitalization ofa provision of international law which can be fundamental to the prevention of war.
War Is A Lie
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Author : David Swanson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-10
War Is A Lie written by David Swanson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10 with History categories.
Not a single thing we commonly believe about wars that helps keep them around is true. Wars cannot be good or glorious. Nor can they be justified as a means of achieving peace or anything else of value. The reasons given for wars, before, during, and after, are all false. Because there can be no good reason for war, having gone to war, we are participating in a lie. -- Introduction.
Why America Fights
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Author : Susan A. Brewer
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-17
Why America Fights written by Susan A. Brewer and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-17 with History categories.
Why America Fights explores how the U.S. government has sold war aims designed to rally public support throughout the 20th century.