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The First Casualty

The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to Iraq

Bibliographic Data

ID23398237
AuthorsPhillip Knightley (corresponding author)
Year2004
Pages594
Publication date2004-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe First Casualty (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.56021/9780801880308
OpenAlexW4319587732
Open LibraryOL3292636M
ISBN9780801880308
LanguageEN
Citations received58

"Since Vietnam, Phillip 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 - 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Unique citing works58
Citations per year1,76
Citation span1993 - 2026 (34)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 57
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