All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and actions, and the actions of their military forces, in the best possible light.

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The daily press, the immediate media, is superb at synecdoche, at giving us a small...

The daily press, the immediate media, is superb at synecdoche, at giving us a small...

Bridges become frames for looking at the world around us.

Bridges become frames for looking at the world around us.

War is an abstraction.

War is an abstraction.

Filmmakers who use narrators pay a price for taking the easy way: narrated films date...

Filmmakers who use narrators pay a price for taking the easy way: narrated films date...

The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug...

The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug...

The fact that the Arctic, more than any other populated region of the world, requires...

The fact that the Arctic, more than any other populated region of the world, requires...

When friends and lovers die and your world gets quieter; that's when the silence comes...

When friends and lovers die and your world gets quieter; that's when the silence comes...

For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in...

For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in...

Technology has changed the way book publishing works, as it has changed everything else in...

Technology has changed the way book publishing works, as it has changed everything else in...

What is perhaps more worthy of note than how many tsunami dead we've seen, however,...

What is perhaps more worthy of note than how many tsunami dead we've seen, however,...

Perhaps the most important lesson of the New Social Historians is that history belongs to...

Perhaps the most important lesson of the New Social Historians is that history belongs to...

First, those images help us understand the general and specific magnitude of disaster caused by...

First, those images help us understand the general and specific magnitude of disaster caused by...

Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government...

Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government...

All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though...

All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though...

Well, I think everybody's a little jealous of the Vietnam Wall, even people from wars...

Well, I think everybody's a little jealous of the Vietnam Wall, even people from wars...

War is big and there are only so many reporters and only so many places...

War is big and there are only so many reporters and only so many places...

The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is...

The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is...

Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility.

Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility.

War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum.

War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum.

It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how...

It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how...