Media and the politics of failure : great powers, communication strategies, and military defeats

Author(s)

• Roselle, Laura

Bibliographic Information

Media and the politics of failure : great powers, communication strategies, and military defeats

Laura Roselle

（Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-181) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Political Communication and Policy Legitimacy: Explaining Failure War-Waging and Reassessment: Vietnam Withdrawal and Aftermath: Vietnam War-Waging and Reassessment: Afghanistan Withdrawal and Aftermath: Afghanistan Conclusions and a Post-Cold War Assessment

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Details

• NCID: BA80650758
• ISBN:
  • 1403975256
• LCCN: 2006041590
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 190 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS559.46
  • DC22 : 070.4/333
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Mass media and the war
  • LCSH : Mass media -- United States
  • LCSH : Communication in politics -- United States
  • LCSH : Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 -- Mass media and the war
  • LCSH : Mass media -- Soviet Union
  • LCSH : Communication in politics -- Soviet Union
  • LCSH : War in mass media
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA80650623