Lights, Camera, War: Is Media Technology Driving International Politics?
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. 327, illus., endnotes, index, small tear to top edge front DJ, some soiling to rear DJ. The author considers new media technology from the introduction of the telegraph through the present day, and concludes that new technology may shorten the time it takes the public to receive information, but in the end political leadership trumps media power. Chapter 3, "A Splendid Little War" (pp. 41-54) covers the Spanish-American War. Condition: very good, good.
Keywords: Television, Journalism, Mass Media, Media Technology, Telegraph, Spanish-Am War, Yellow Journalism, Saddam Hussein, Vietnam War
ISBN: 0312140045
[Book #45055]
Price: $30.00