War, culture, and the media : representations of the military in 20th century Britain / edited by Ian Stewart and Susan L. Carruthers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stewart, Ian, 1966-

Carruthers, Susan L. (Susan Lisa)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and war--Great Britain.

Mass media and war.

War in mass media--Great Britain.

War in mass media.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vi, 202 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Trowbridge, Wiltshire : Flicks Books ; Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996.

Contents:

Introduction / Ian Stewart, Susan L. Carruthers

The influence of the media on recent British military operations / Stephen Badsey

British propaganda and the First World War / Andrew Steed

"Civilians entrenched" : the British home front and the attitudes to the First World War, 1914-18 / Lloyd Clark

"Oh! What a futile war" : representations of the Western Front in modern British media and popular culture / G.D. Sheffield

Presenting arms : portrayals of war and the military in British cinema / Ian Stewart

Cultural myths and realities : the British Army, war, and Empire as portrayed on film, 1900-90 / Edmund J. Yorke

Reporting terrorism : the British state and the media, 1919-94 / Susan L. Carruthers

Media misperceptions of Saddam Hussein's army / Sean McKnight

From Morse to modem : developments in transmission technologies and their impact upon the military-media relationship / John Allen

The meanings of war-toys and war-games / Jonathan Bignell

Postmodernism and military history / Nigel de Lee.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193) and index.

ISBN:

0948911859

0838637027

OCLC:

33898387