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The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Propagandist from the Crimea to Kosovo | 
 enlarge | Author: Phillip Knightley
Publisher: Prion Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 472260
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.8
ISBN: 1853753769
EAN: 9781853753763
ASIN: 1853753769
Publication Date: March 8, 2001
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Sharp, historical and new views to propaganda September 6, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
There are a lot of books about propaganda and war. Knighley gives extremely readable view from free press side to these propaganda efforts. There are similariteies between raporting from Kosovo and Krimean war.
brilliant August 29, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a brilliant study of the press at war. Knightley stumbles however as he approaches the latest conflicts, in the Gulf and then in the Balkans, probably because he is describing a new world of instant communications and 24 hour satellite television. But this is a minor criticism of a remarkable work.
A "must-read" for journalists and military alike. June 27, 2000
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book that every journalist, soldier and historian should find a prominent place for on their bookshelf. Everybody else should read it to understand how the information they get in times of war is influenced by correspondents, the military, and the environment they work in. Mr. Knightley pulls no punches in showing the often-tenuous relationship that has historically existed between journalists and military leaders. However, he seems to conclude with a very bleak view of the future and claims military "censorship" has won the battle for domination over the media. It's an unfortunate conclusion, and one that doesn't live up to the picture he paints in his book. He only begins to allude to the problems associated with a burgeoning press corps inundating the modern battlefield (the ratio was approximately 1 media person for every 4 soldiers when NATO forces entered Kosovo last year), and how technology will further shape this relationship in the future. He would have done well to take his book one step further, using the lessons of history to find solutions that protect both freedom of speech and the lives of soldiers on the battlefield. Perhaps he's saving that for another book -- I hope so. Overall, this book should be digested for the outstanding historical perspective it provides. Those who want to learn more should dig deeper into the relationship as it exists today, separating fact from fiction, and draw their own conclusions of how this relationship should develop in the future. As a soldier intimately involved in working with the media, I will encourage every military leader I know to read this book. And anybody who wants to learn more about the challenges the military and the media face in working together during future conflicts, or to offer his or her own solutions, is welcome to contact me. I don't have the answers, but I'm anxious to discover what they are.
gripping stuff May 18, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A fascinating book, a real page turner. As well as showing the pressure war correspondents have been under throughout their history, both in terms of physical danger and from the war propaganda machines that creak into action every time shots are fired, the book provides some intriguing debunking of myths taken as gospel. The full story behind the legends of the blitz and Dunkirk spring readily to mind. A triumph of research and narrative.
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