03187nam 2200745Ia 450 991082578220332120240516012326.01-349-53590-71-281-36580-797866113658061-4039-8360-710.1057/9781403983602(CKB)1000000000342491(SSID)ssj0000200254(PQKBManifestationID)11168755(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200254(PQKBWorkID)10196630(PQKB)10134745(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8360-2(MiAaPQ)EBC307967(Au-PeEL)EBL307967(CaPaEBR)ebr10150389(CaONFJC)MIL136580(OCoLC)567964976(EXLCZ)99100000000034249120060117d2006 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtccrMedia and the politics of failure great powers, communication strategies, and military defeats /Laura Roselle1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (VII, 191 p.) Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communicationBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-230-11677-9 1-4039-7525-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-181) and index.Cover -- Media and the Politics of Failure -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Political Communication and Policy Legitimacy: Explaining Failure -- Chapter 2 War Waging and Reassessment: Vietnam -- Chapter 3 Withdrawal and Aftermath: Vietnam -- Chapter 4 War Waging and Reassessment: Afghanistan -- Chapter 5 Withdrawal and Aftermath: Afghanistan -- Chapter 6 Conclusions and a Post-Cold War Assessment -- Appendix -- Notes -- Sources Consulted and Selected Bibliography -- Index.Roselle analyzes how political leaders of powerful states use media to explain military defeats. The cases of the United States in Vietnam and the Soviet Union in Afghanistan highlight the role of great power identity, domestic politics, and media structure.Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Mass media and the warMass mediaUnited StatesCommunication in politicsUnited StatesMass mediaSoviet UnionCommunication in politicsSoviet UnionWar in mass mediaAfghanistanHistorySoviet occupation, 1979-1989Mass media and the warVietnam War, 1961-1975Mass media and the war.Mass mediaCommunication in politicsMass mediaCommunication in politicsWar in mass media.070.4/333Roselle Laura1630151MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825782203321Media and the politics of failure3968288UNINA