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Fully updated, The First Casualty remains required reading for anyone concerned about freedom of the press, journalistic responsibility, and the nature of modern warfare.

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Remains the single most perceptive treatment of journalism in times of war and conflict. -- Murray Polner History News Network 2005

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. "The Miserable Parent of a Luckless Tribe" 1854-1856
2. The First Challenge 1861-1865
3. The Golden Age 1865-1914
4. Quite Another Game 1899-1902
5. The Last War 1914-1918
6. Enter America 1917-1918
7. The Remedy for Bolshevism in Bullets 1917-1919
8. The Real Scoop 1935-1936
9. Commitment in Spain 1936-1939
10. "Their Finest Hour" 1939-1941
11. The Struggle for Mother Russia 1941-1945
12. Remember Pearl Harbour 1937-1945
13. Never Again 1940-1945
14. Korea, the United Nations' War 1950-1953
15. Algeria is French 1954-1962
16. Vietnam 1954-1975
17. War is Fun 1954-1975
18. Britannia Rules the News 1975-1989
19. The Deadly Video Game 1990-1991
20. The Military's Final Victory March-June, 1999
21. No More Heroes March-April, 2003
Selected Bibliography
Notes on Sources
Index

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 30/11/2004
      ISBN13: 9780801880308, 978-0801880308
      ISBN10: 0801880300
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Fully updated, The First Casualty remains required reading for anyone concerned about freedom of the press, journalistic responsibility, and the nature of modern warfare.

      Trade Review
      Remains the single most perceptive treatment of journalism in times of war and conflict. -- Murray Polner History News Network 2005

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Preface
      1. "The Miserable Parent of a Luckless Tribe" 1854-1856
      2. The First Challenge 1861-1865
      3. The Golden Age 1865-1914
      4. Quite Another Game 1899-1902
      5. The Last War 1914-1918
      6. Enter America 1917-1918
      7. The Remedy for Bolshevism in Bullets 1917-1919
      8. The Real Scoop 1935-1936
      9. Commitment in Spain 1936-1939
      10. "Their Finest Hour" 1939-1941
      11. The Struggle for Mother Russia 1941-1945
      12. Remember Pearl Harbour 1937-1945
      13. Never Again 1940-1945
      14. Korea, the United Nations' War 1950-1953
      15. Algeria is French 1954-1962
      16. Vietnam 1954-1975
      17. War is Fun 1954-1975
      18. Britannia Rules the News 1975-1989
      19. The Deadly Video Game 1990-1991
      20. The Military's Final Victory March-June, 1999
      21. No More Heroes March-April, 2003
      Selected Bibliography
      Notes on Sources
      Index

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