War and the Media Propaganda and persuasion

The Gulf War of 1991 was the highest profile media war in history. Never before had so many journalists attempted to cover a war from both sides of the conflict. This book traces the role of the media in the Gulf War and examines the attempts by both the coalition and Iraq to influence public opinion through propaganda and persuasion. Philp Taylor asks how much the public was being told and how much was held back. Analyzing the key news stories of the conflict he looks at the efforts of the American-led coalition to persuade television audiences and newspaper readers to take a "right view" of what was happening and of the Iraqi government's propaganda campaigns concerning civilian damage and the "Mother of all Battles."

Philip M. Taylor is Reader in International Communications at the University of Leeds.

Preface

vii

(5)

Preface to the second edition

xii

(14)

Acknowledgements

xxvi

Introduction: Image and reality in the Gulf War

1

(30)

1 `A controlled information environment': allied media management in the Gulf War

31

(56)

Introduction

The `video-game war'

The newspool system

The unilaterals

The Riyadh briefings

The `Scudfest'

Of crossed wires and cormorants

2 Reporters under fire: Iraqi media mismanagement in the Gulf War

87

(47)

Introduction

CNN and reports from the enemy capital

Parading the captured pilots

The `baby milk plant' episode

`They murder children'

3 War on the mind: preparing for the ground offensive

134

(35)

Introduction

Cock-up at Khafji

Psychological warfare

Storm in the desert

4 `Collateral damage': the air war and the issue of civilian casualties

169

(54)

Introduction

The issue of `collateral damage'

The Ramsay Clark mission

Amiriya, 13 February 1991

Holding fast the inner lines

Aftermath

5 `Apocalypse where?': the 100 hour land war and the `highway to hell'

223

(42)

Introduction

Atrocity propaganda from Kuwait and preparations for G-Day

The ground war

The liberation of Kuwait City

The battle of Mutlah Gap

Conclusion

265

(14)

Notes and references

279

(41)

Chronology of the Gulf War

320

(5)

Appendix Countries considered part of the coalition Countries making economic, humanitarian or other contributions to the coalition

325

(1)

Bibliography

326

(5)

Index

331

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War and the Media Propaganda and persuasion in the Gulf War

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