Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis |
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Pages: 240 (Paperback) Editor: Edward S. Herman ISBN: 074531631X Pub: Pluto Press Pub date: 2000-05-01 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 343339 |
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Reader Reviews:
Brilliant expose of NATO aggression (10/11 people found this helpful)
This is the best book yet on the NATO aggression of March-June 1999. It also studies the media coverage of the war. The first part consists of four essays on the background to the war, David Chandler's essay, Western intervention and the disintegration of Yugoslavia, 1989-1999, being outstanding. The second and third parts comprise fourteen essays on media coverage around the world, including a brilliant essay on CNN's role as NATO's mouthpiece. Unfortunately, however, there is no essay studying the huge popular opposition to the war in Europe and America...
How many truths are there? (7/8 people found this helpful)
An excellent compilation of "dissident" writers so far as the bombing and mainstream press is concerned.
For those who have swallowed the propaganda from Western media, this book should be an eye-opener; it is a reminder that not all that you read in the papers is the only truth, and it demonstrates the degree of oposition to US policy around the world - something which has certainly not been spoken of much in the US and UK.
On the negative side, the writing style is generally heavy going, and the font is small. If you can afford it, buy the hardback.
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