How Cnn Fought the War: A View from the Inside - Hardcover

Smith, Perry M.

9781559720830: How Cnn Fought the War: A View from the Inside

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559720832 ISBN 13: 9781559720830

Publisher: Birch Lane Pr, 1991

Accounts of how CNN was able to broadcast live from Baghdad crucial moments of the conflict show how the war against Iraq revolutionized U.S. news coverage of the military

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About the Author:

Perry M. Smith is the commandant of the National War College.

From Library Journal:

Television coverage of the Gulf War was heavily assisted by military analysts. Major General Smith, former commandant of the National War College and one of the two main military men at the Cable News Network (CNN), describes CNN's studios and equipment and the war-effort work of executives, producers, anchors, and reporters. While he devotes a significant amount of the book to explaining his own role (e.g, which military experts helped him and how he prepared for his commentaries), Smith also covers other topics: how other media covered the war, censorship, military vs. media tensions. His analysis of purely military subjects, at times, seems hastily tied into a media issue to fit his book's theme. This is mainly for intense followers of the media and military strategy. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/1/91.
- Bruce Rosenstein, "USA Today" Lib., Arlington, Va.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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