{"product_id":"shooting-the-messenger-1","title":"Shooting the Messenger","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAs the literature on military-media relations grows, it is informed by antagonism either from journalists who report on wars or from ex-soldiers in their memoirs. Academics who attempt more judicious accounts rarely have any professional military or media experience. A working knowledge of the operational constraints of both professions underscores \u003ci\u003eShooting the Messenger\u003c\/i\u003e. A veteran war correspondent and think tank director, Paul L. Moorcraft has served in the British Ministry of Defence, while historian-by-training Philip M. Taylor is a professor of international communications who has lectured widely to the U.S. military and at NATO institutions. Some of the topics they examine in this wide-ranging history of military-media relations are: – the interface between soldiers and civilian reporters covering conflicts – the sometimes grey area between reporters’ right or need to know and the operational security constraints imposed by the military – the military’s manipulation of journalists who accept it as a trade-off for safer battlefield access – the resultant gap between images of war and their reality – the evolving nature of media technology and the difficulties—and opportunities—this poses to the military – journalistic performance in reporting conflict as an observer or a participant Moorcraft and Taylor provide a bridge over which each side can pass and a path to mutual understanding.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PHILLIP M TAYLOR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43574124085430,"sku":"9781612343150","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781612343150_2ac19a0f-a738-4313-9247-e8e517fc0fc6.jpg?v=1726584396","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/shooting-the-messenger-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}