Obama, the media, and framing the U.S. exit from Iraq and Afghanistan / Erika G. King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Erika G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obama, Barack--Oratory.

Obama, Barack.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Mass media and the war.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Press coverage--United States.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Mass media and the war.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Press coverage--United States.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.

Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Situating Obama's end-of-war discourse in the historical context of the 2001 terrorist attacks, this timely book begins with a detailed comparison with the Bush war-on-terror security narrative before examining elements of continuity and change in post-9/11 elite rhetoric. Erika King deftly employs two case studies of presidential and media framing - the weeks surrounding the formal announcements of Obama's December 2009 ""surge-then-exit"" strategy from Afghanistan and the end of combat operations in Iraq in August 2010 - to explore the role of mass media in presenting presidential narratives

Contents:

Surging to victory in the War on Terror

Disrupting, dismantling, and defeating al Qaeda

War's surge-then-exit through a skeptical media lens

Turning the page on Operation Iraqi Freedom

War's drawdown through a censorious media lens

Framing war's indecisive end.

Notes:

First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-59863-9

1-317-08644-9

1-317-08643-0

1-4094-2965-2

9781315598635

OCLC:

863157928