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Bezig met laden... Public affairs. The Military and the Media, 1962-1968 (1988)door William M. Hammond
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Hammond objectively describes the US Army's public affairs policies in Vietnam between 1962 and 1968. More broadly, he traces public relations problems of the Johnson administration stemming from the war. Johnson opted for a strategy of gradualism-increasing the US commitment by degrees, prodding the South Vietnamese government to cure internal corruption and improve military effectiveness, and searching for statistics to prove his case in the media. Confronted with administration assurances yet mounting American casualties, journalists became increasingly skeptical, especially after the 1968 Tet offensive. Dispatches filed from Saigon and Washington reported the inconsistency between observed reality and administration optimism. Army spokesmen, in response to presidential directive, reluctantly moved from informing the press on military activities to defending administration policy. Hammond describes the resulting tensions that developed among the administration, the army, and the media. This outstanding monograph, based on extensive research in official documents, published sources, and interviews, is a welcome addition to the literature on the Vietnam War. Bibliography, notes, and illustrations complement the narrative. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The Military and the Media examines the evolution of the U.S. government's public affairs policies in Vietnam between 1962 and 1968. Adopting a broad viewpoint in order to depict the many influences - civilian and military, political and diplomatic - that bore upon the conduct of public affairs, the William Hammond's insightful work describes the tensions that developed between the institutions of the press and the military as the war grew and as each served its separate ends. The book observes events from the perspective of the Military Assistance Command's Office of Information in Saigon, which carried much of the burden of press relations, but necessarily considers as well the role of the White House, the State and Defense Departments, and the U.S. embassy in Saigon in the creation of information policy. By drawing together many disparate strands, the book seeks to delineate some of the issues and problems that can confront an open society whenever it wages war. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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