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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458555303321

Autore

Hallin Daniel C

Titolo

The "uncensored war" [[electronic resource] ] : the media and Vietnam / / Daniel C. Hallin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1986

ISBN

1-280-43935-1

0-19-802086-4

1-60129-594-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

959.70438

Soggetti

Press - United States - History

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Press coverage

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; PART I: Escalation and News Management, 1961-1965; CHAPTER 2 ""A Legitimate Part of that Global Commitment,"" 1961-1963; CHAPTER 3 ""It Does Not Imply Any Change of Policy Whatever,"" 1964-1965; PART II: The War on Television, 1965-1973; CHAPTER 4 The ""Uncensored War,"" 1965-1967; CHAPTER 5 ""We Are on Our Way Out,"" 1968-1973; CHAPTER 6 Conclusion; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX A: Abbreviations; APPENDIX B: Code Book with Marginals for Some Variables; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first scholarly study of Vietnam news coverage, and shows how Kennedy and Johnson both tried to discourage press coverage, and how relations between the press and the Nixon administration completely broke down.