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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787631903321

Autore

King Erika G.

Titolo

Obama, the media, and framing the U.S. exit from Iraq and Afghanistan / / Erika G. King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-59863-9

1-317-08644-9

1-317-08643-0

1-4094-2965-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

070.4/4995670443

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Mass media and the war

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Press coverage - United States

Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Mass media and the war

Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Press coverage - United States

Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Surging to victory in the War on Terror -- Disrupting, dismantling, and defeating al Qaeda -- War's surge-then-exit through a skeptical media lens -- Turning the page on Operation Iraqi Freedom -- War's drawdown through a censorious media lens -- Framing war's indecisive end.

Sommario/riassunto

Situating Obama's end-of-war discourse in the historical context of the 2001 terrorist attacks, this timely book begins with a detailed comparison with the Bush war-on-terror security narrative before examining elements of continuity and change in post-9/11 elite rhetoric. Erika King deftly employs two case studies of presidential and media framing - the weeks surrounding the formal announcements of Obama's December 2009 ""surge-then-exit"" strategy from Afghanistan and the end of combat operations in Iraq in August 2010 - to explore the role of mass media in presenting presidential narratives