Description: Reporting Vietnam : Media and Military at War, Paperback by Hammond, William M., ISBN 0700609954, ISBN-13 9780700609956, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US For many Americans during the Vietnam era, the war on the home front seemed nearly as wrenching and hardfought as the one in Southeast Asia. Its primary battlefield was the news media, its primary casualty the truth. But as William Hammond reveals, animosity between government and media wasnt always the rule; what happened between the two during the Vietnam War was symptomatic of the nations experiences in general. As the "light at the end of the tunnel" dimmed, relations between them grew ever darker.
Reporting Vietnam is an abridgment and updating of Hammonds massive two-volume work issued by the Government Printing Office. Based on classified and recently declassified government documents—including Nixons national security files—as well as on extensive interviews and surveys of press war coverage, it tells how government and media first shared a common vision of American involvement in Vietnam. It then reveals how, as the war dragged on, upbeat government press releases were consistently challenged by journalists reports from the field and finally how, as public sentiment shifted against the war, Presidents Johnson and Nixon each tried to manage the news media, sparking a heated exchange of recriminations.
Hammond strongly challenges the assertions of many military leaders that the media lost the war by swaying public opinion. He takes readers through the twists and turns of official public affairs policy as it tries to respond to a worsening domestic political environment and recurring adverse "media episodes." Along the way, he makes important observations about the penchant of American officials for placing appearance ahead of substance and about policy making in general.
Although Richard Nixon once said of the Vietnam war, "Our worst enemy seems to be the press," Hammond clearly shows that his real enemies were the contradictions and flawed assumptions that he and LBJ had created. Reporting Vietnam brings a critical study to a wider audience and is both a major contribution to an ongoing debate and a cautionary guide for future conflicts.
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Book Title: Reporting Vietnam : Media and Military at War
Author: Hammond, William M.
Language: english
