'The Best Covered War in History': Intimate Perspectives from the Battlefields of Iraq

dc.contributor.authormclaughlin, andrew
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-28T19:04:37Z
dc.date.available2017-09-28T19:04:37Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-28
dc.date.submitted2017-09-21
dc.description.abstractThis study examines combat operations from the 2003 invasion of Iraq from the “ground up.” It utilizes unique first-person accounts that offer insights into the realities of modern warfare which include effects on soldiers, the local population, and journalists who were tasked with reporting on the action. It affirms the value of media embedding to the historian, as hundreds of journalists witnessed major combat operations firsthand. This line of argument stands in stark contrast to other academic assessments of the embedding program, which have criticized it by claiming media bias and military censorship. Here, an examination of the cultural and social dynamics of an army at war provides agency to soldiers, combat reporters, and innocent civilians caught in the crossfire.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/12503
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalse
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subject.lcshIraq war, 2003-2011en
dc.subject.lcshEmbedded war correspondentsen
dc.subject.lcshMass media and cultureen
dc.title'The Best Covered War in History': Intimate Perspectives from the Battlefields of Iraqen
dc.typeDoctoral Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeDoctor of Philosophyen
uws-etd.degree.departmentHistoryen
uws-etd.degree.disciplineHistoryen
uws-etd.degree.grantorUniversity of Waterlooen
uws.comment.hiddendissertationen
uws.contributor.advisorHunt, Andrew
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.published.cityWaterlooen
uws.published.countryCanadaen
uws.published.provinceOntarioen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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