Tim Allen is a reader at the London School of Economics and director of the post-graduate programme in Development Studies.

'A timely and thought provoking book that every one of us who attempts to understand the new world disorder ought to learn from. Here are insights from Iraq to Liberia and beyond from people who have lived and studied the individual conflicts they discuss.' Jon Snow, Channel 4 News 'In the field of war studies, usually characterised by mundane statements and platitudes, this book is at once penetrating and wide-ranging. Remarkably insightful.' Peter Worsley, University of Manchester 'Very well-informed and highly intelligent.' John Keegan, Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and author of The Face of Battle. 'This is a powerful and important book, a manual that should be on the desk of every foreign editor in the land.' Third Way, Volume 22, No 6, July 1999

• Part I War, Ethnicity, Media1. Countering Myths of Ethnic War2. Ethnic Pervasion3. 'Who's It Between?' Ethnic War and Rational Violence4. A Duty of Care? Ethnographic Films in War5. Ethnicity and the MediaPart II Case Studies6. Neither Treason Nor Conspiracy: Reflections on Media Coverage of the Gulf War 1990-19917. Ethnicity and Reports of the 1992-95 Bosnia Conflict8. Culture, Media and the Politics of Disintegration and Ethnic Division in Former Yugoslavia9. Nationalism, Ethnic Antagonism and Mass Communication in Greece10. Reporting and Misrepresenting the Horn of Africa11. War and Ethnicity in Liberia12. Representations of Ethnic Conflict in the Kenyan Media13. Media Ethnicisation and the International Response to War and Genocide in Rwanda14. The War in the North: Ethnicity in Ugandan Press Explanations of Conflict, 1996-199715. The Media and Post-Independence Violence in Matebeleland, Zimbabwe - Press Coverage and Internet Debate.

Tim Allen is a reader at the London School of Economics and director of the post-graduate programme in Development Studies.

'A timely and thought provoking book that every one of us who attempts to understand the new world disorder ought to learn from. Here are insights from Iraq to Liberia and beyond from people who have lived and studied the individual conflicts they discuss.' Jon Snow, Channel 4 News 'In the field of war studies, usually characterised by mundane statements and platitudes, this book is at once penetrating and wide-ranging. Remarkably insightful.' Peter Worsley, University of Manchester 'Very well-informed and highly intelligent.' John Keegan, Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and author of The Face of Battle. 'This is a powerful and important book, a manual that should be on the desk of every foreign editor in the land.' Third Way, Volume 22, No 6, July 1999

• Part I War, Ethnicity, Media1. Countering Myths of Ethnic War2. Ethnic Pervasion3. 'Who's It Between?' Ethnic War and Rational Violence4. A Duty of Care? Ethnographic Films in War5. Ethnicity and the MediaPart II Case Studies6. Neither Treason Nor Conspiracy: Reflections on Media Coverage of the Gulf War 1990-19917. Ethnicity and Reports of the 1992-95 Bosnia Conflict8. Culture, Media and the Politics of Disintegration and Ethnic Division in Former Yugoslavia9. Nationalism, Ethnic Antagonism and Mass Communication in Greece10. Reporting and Misrepresenting the Horn of Africa11. War and Ethnicity in Liberia12. Representations of Ethnic Conflict in the Kenyan Media13. Media Ethnicisation and the International Response to War and Genocide in Rwanda14. The War in the North: Ethnicity in Ugandan Press Explanations of Conflict, 1996-199715. The Media and Post-Independence Violence in Matebeleland, Zimbabwe - Press Coverage and Internet Debate.

Tim Allen is a reader at the London School of Economics and director of the post-graduate programme in Development Studies.

'A timely and thought provoking book that every one of us who attempts to understand the new world disorder ought to learn from. Here are insights from Iraq to Liberia and beyond from people who have lived and studied the individual conflicts they discuss.' Jon Snow, Channel 4 News 'In the field of war studies, usually characterised by mundane statements and platitudes, this book is at once penetrating and wide-ranging. Remarkably insightful.' Peter Worsley, University of Manchester 'Very well-informed and highly intelligent.' John Keegan, Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and author of The Face of Battle. 'This is a powerful and important book, a manual that should be on the desk of every foreign editor in the land.' Third Way, Volume 22, No 6, July 1999

• Part I War, Ethnicity, Media1. Countering Myths of Ethnic War2. Ethnic Pervasion3. 'Who's It Between?' Ethnic War and Rational Violence4. A Duty of Care? Ethnographic Films in War5. Ethnicity and the MediaPart II Case Studies6. Neither Treason Nor Conspiracy: Reflections on Media Coverage of the Gulf War 1990-19917. Ethnicity and Reports of the 1992-95 Bosnia Conflict8. Culture, Media and the Politics of Disintegration and Ethnic Division in Former Yugoslavia9. Nationalism, Ethnic Antagonism and Mass Communication in Greece10. Reporting and Misrepresenting the Horn of Africa11. War and Ethnicity in Liberia12. Representations of Ethnic Conflict in the Kenyan Media13. Media Ethnicisation and the International Response to War and Genocide in Rwanda14. The War in the North: Ethnicity in Ugandan Press Explanations of Conflict, 1996-199715. The Media and Post-Independence Violence in Matebeleland, Zimbabwe - Press Coverage and Internet Debate.