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Overview"For many Americans during the Vietnam era, the war on the home front seemed nearly as wrenching and hardfought as the one in Southeast Asia. Its primary battlefield was the news media, its primary casualty the truth. But as William Hammond reveals, animosity between government and media wasn't always the rule; what happened between the two during the Vietnam war was symptomatic of the nation's experiences in general. As the """"light at the end of the tunnel"""" dimmed, relations between them grew ever darker. """"Reporting Vietnam"""" is an abridgement and updating of Hammond's massive two-volume work issued by the Government Printing Office. Based on classified and declassified government documents - including Nixon's national security files - as well as on extensive interviews and surveys of press war coverage, it tells how government and media first shared a common vision of American involvement in Vietnam. It then reveals how, as the war dragged on, upbeat government press releases were constistently challenged by journalists' reports from the field and finally how, as public sentiment shifted against the war, Presidents Johnson and Nixon each tried to manage the news media, sparking a heated exchange of recriminations. Hammond strongly challenges the assertions of many military leaders that the media lost the war by swaying public opinion. He takes readers through the twists and turns of official public affairs policy as it tried to respond to a worsening domestic political environment and recurring adverse """"media episodes"""". Along the way, he makes important observations about the penchant of American officials for placing appearance ahead of substance and about policy making in general. Although Richard Nixon once said of the Vietnam war, """"Our worst enemy seems to be the press"""", Hammond clearly shows that his real enemies were the contradictions and flawed assumptions that he and LBJ had created. """"Reporting Vietnam"""" brings a critical study to a wider audience and is both a major contribution to an ongoing debate and a cautionary guide for future conflicts." Full Product DetailsAuthor: William M. HammondPublisher: University Press of Kansas Imprint: University Press of Kansas Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.763kg ISBN: 9780700609116ISBN 10: 0700609113 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 31 October 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsHammond succeeds in puncturing much of the mythology about the media and doing so in a readable and thorough fashion. Washington Post Book World Hammond depicts the tension between the armed services and the media as a game of strategy, one-upmanship, and high-stakes jockeying. Drawing on a thorough examination of military documents and newspaper and broadcast reports, he explains how the press allowed the military to bring back tear gas for use in the war, how various news organizations contradicted themselves and one another in describing the war s unfolding, and how much of the American public came to feel that the war was a hopeless effort. Publishers Weekly Today s military professional can see throughout this text the birth of our modern public affairs doctrine. . . . a must read for any military officer or member of the national security community responsible for developing plans or strategies that may have an impact on public opinion. Naval War College Review Few issues have aroused more controversy than the role of the news media during the Vietnam War. Hammond demystifies the subject in a book that is scrupulously researched, authoritative, and, above all, readable. Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History Reporting Vietnam is a classic journalism history and an essential work in helping understand America's most controversial foreign conflict. It is not only the definitive account of Vietnam war reporting, but also an engrossing read. Peter Arnett, CNN correspondent and author of Live from the Battlefield By far the best study of the press and armed services yet written. Stephen E. Ambrose, author of Citizen Soldiers """Few issues have aroused more controversy than the role of the news media during the Vietnam War. Hammond demystifies the subject in a book that is scrupulously researched, authoritative, and, above all, readable.""--Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History ""Reporting Vietnam is a classic journalism history and an essential work in helping understand America's most controversial foreign conflict. It is not only the definitive account of Vietnam war reporting, but also an engrossing read.""--Peter Arnett, CNN correspondent and author of Live from the Battlefield ""By far the best study of the press and armed services yet written.""--Stephen E. Ambrose, author of Citizen Soldiers ""Hammond succeeds in puncturing much of the mythology about the media-- and doing so in a readable and thorough fashion.""--Washington Post Book World ""Hammond depicts the tension between the armed services and the media as a game of strategy, one-upmanship, and high-stakes jockeying. Drawing on a thorough examination of military documents and newspaper and broadcast reports, he explains how the press allowed the military to bring back tear gas for use in the war, how various news organizations contradicted themselves and one another in describing the war's unfolding, and how much of the American public came to feel that the war was a hopeless effort.""--Publishers Weekly ""Today's military professional can see throughout this text the birth of our modern public affairs doctrine. . . . a must read for any military officer or member of the national security community responsible for developing plans or strategies that may have an impact on public opinion."" --Naval War College Review" -Few issues have aroused more controversy than the role of the news media during the Vietnam War. Hammond demystifies the subject in a book that is scrupulously researched, authoritative, and, above all, readable.---Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History -Reporting Vietnam is a classic journalism history and an essential work in helping understand America's most controversial foreign conflict. It is not only the definitive account of Vietnam war reporting, but also an engrossing read.---Peter Arnett, CNN correspondent and author of Live from the Battlefield -By far the best study of the press and armed services yet written.---Stephen E. Ambrose, author of Citizen Soldiers Few issues have aroused more controversy than the role of the news media during the Vietnam War. Hammond demystifies the subject in a book that is scrupulously researched, authoritative, and, above all, readable. --<b>Stanley Karnow</b>, author of <i>Vietnam: A History</i> <i>Reporting Vietnam</i> is a classic journalism history and an essential work in helping understand America's most controversial foreign conflict. It is not only the definitive account of Vietnam war reporting, but also an engrossing read. --<b>Peter Arnett</b>, CNN correspondent and author of <i>Live from the Battlefield</i> By far the best study of the press and armed services yet written. --<b>Stephen E. Ambrose</b>, author of <i>Citizen Soldiers</i> Hammond succeeds in puncturing much of the mythology about the media-- and doing so in a readable and thorough fashion. --Washington Post Book World Hammond depicts the tension between the armed services and the media as a game of strategy, one-upmanship, and high-stakes jockeying. Drawing on a thorough examination of military documents and newspaper and broadcast reports, he explains how the press allowed the military to bring back tear gas for use in the war, how various news organizations contradicted themselves and one another in describing the war's unfolding, and how much of the American public came to feel that the war was a hopeless effort. --Publishers Weekly Today's military professional can see throughout this text the birth of our modern public affairs doctrine. . . . a must read for any military officer or member of the national security community responsible for developing plans or strategies that may have an impact on public opinion. --Naval War College Review Few issues have aroused more controversy than the role of the news media during the Vietnam War. Hammond demystifies the subject in a book that is scrupulously researched, authoritative, and, above all, readable. --Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History Reporting Vietnam is a classic journalism history and an essential work in helping understand America's most controversial foreign conflict. It is not only the definitive account of Vietnam war reporting, but also an engrossing read. --Peter Arnett, CNN correspondent and author of Live from the Battlefield By far the best study of the press and armed services yet written. --Stephen E. Ambrose, author of Citizen Soldiers Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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