War, culture, and the media : representations of the military in 20th century Britain / edited by Ian Stewart and Susan L. Carruthers.
| Other author | Stewart, Ian. |
| Other author | Carruthers, Susan L. (Susan Lisa) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Trowbridge, Wiltshire : Flicks Books ; Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996. |
| Description | vi, 202 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Ian Stewart, Susan L. Carruthers -- The influence of the media on recent British military operations / Stephen Badsey -- British propaganda and the First World War / Andrew Steed -- "Civilians entrenched" : the British home front and the attitudes to the First World War, 1914-18 / Lloyd Clark -- "Oh! What a futile war" : representations of the Western Front in modern British media and popular culture / G.D. Sheffield -- Presenting arms : portrayals of war and the military in British cinema / Ian Stewart -- Cultural myths and realities : the British Army, war, and Empire as portrayed on film, 1900-90 / Edmund J. Yorke -- Reporting terrorism : the British state and the media, 1919-94 / Susan L. Carruthers -- Media misperceptions of Saddam Hussein's army / Sean McKnight -- From Morse to modem : developments in transmission technologies and their impact upon the military-media relationship / John Allen -- The meanings of war-toys and war-games / Jonathan Bignell -- Postmodernism and military history / Nigel de Lee. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-193) and index. |
| LCCN | 95051080 |
| ISBN | 0948911859 (Flicks Books : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0838637027 (Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Press : alk. paper) |