Selling War in a Media Age: The Presidency and Public Opinion in the American Century (The Alan B. Larkin Series on the American Presidency) - Softcover

Osgood, Kenneth; Frank, Andrew K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813038006 ISBN 13: 9780813038001

Verlag: UNIV PR OF FLORIDA, 2011

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“Asks whether it is ever possible for a president to nudge the nation toward war without lying. And if he does, is it sometimes all right? Most of these authors would vote no.”—Columbia Journalism Review

“It was a pleasant and poignant surprise to find an afterword written by the late David Halberstam, one of the best reporter-historians of the last century. It may be his last major piece of writing. . . . It is an appropriate way to wind up the collection, because his words are a sobering reminder that the press is important yet not all-powerful in a democracy. Presidents long ago mastered the tools at their disposal to achieve policy ends.”—American Journalism

 

“American history at its best—insightful and revealing about the past, yet at the same time illuminating the vital questions of our own day.”—Jeffrey A. Engel, Texas A&M University

 

George W. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” banner in 2003 and the misleading linkages of Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 terrorist attacks awoke many Americans to the techniques used by the White House to put the country on a war footing. Yet Bush was simply following in the footsteps of his predecessors, as the essays in this standout volume reveal in illuminating detail.

            Written in a lively and accessible style, Selling War in a Media Age is a fascinating, thought-provoking, must-read volume that reveals the often-brutal ways that the goal of influencing public opinion has shaped how American presidents have approached the most momentous duty of their office: waging war.

 

Kenneth Osgood, associate professor of history at Florida Atlantic University, is the author of Total Cold War: Eisenhower’s Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad, winner of the Herbert Hoover Book Award. Andrew K. Frank, associate professor of history at Florida State University, is the author of Creeks and Southerners: Biculturalism on the Early American Frontier.

 

A volume in the Alan B. Larkin Series on the American Presidency, edited by Kenneth Osgood

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Kenneth Osgood, associate professor of history at Florida Atlantic University, is the author of Total Cold War: Eisenhower’s Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad, winner of the Herbert Hoover Book Award. Andrew K. Frank, associate professor of history at Florida State University, is the author of Creeks and Southerners: Biculturalism on the Early American Frontier.

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• Verlag: UNIV PR OF FLORIDA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0813038006
• ISBN 13: 9780813038001
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 278
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