War and the Media

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

• Introduction: Image and reality in the Gulf War.Chapter One: 'A controlled information environment': allied media management in the Gulf War.Chapter Two: Reporters under fire: Iraqui media mismanagement in the Gulf War.Chapter Three: War on the mind: preparing for the ground offensive.Chapter Four: 'Collateral damage': the air war and the issue of civilian casualties.Chapter Five: 'Apocalypse where?': the 100 hour land war and the 'highway to hell'.Conclusion.