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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787491203321

Autore

Rutherford Paul <1944->

Titolo

Weapons of mass persuasion : marketing the war against Iraq / / Paul Rutherford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-4426-5604-2

1-4426-2348-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

956.7044/38

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011

War in mass media

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Public opinion

Electronic books.

Iraq

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE Marketing's Moment -- TWO The War Debate -- THREE Managing War -- FOUR Real-Time War -- FIVE Consuming War -- six Perceptions of War -- SEVEN The Phallic Dimension -- EIGHT The Propaganda State -- Postscript: Summer/Fall 2003 -- APPENDIX Consumer Voices / Citizens' Panel -- Sources -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Weapons of Mass Persuasion chronicles the making of a Hollywood war: fast-paced and heroic, pitting the forces of good against the forces of evil to achieve a triumphant, sanitized, and commodified outcome. Electronic Format Disclaimer: Images removed at the request of the rights holder.