{"product_id":"the-first-casualty-phillip-knightley-9780801880308","title":"The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to Iraq","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The first casualty when war comes, is truth,\" said American Senator Hiram Johnson in 1917. In his gripping, now-classic history of war journalism, Phillip Knightley shows just how right Johnson was. From William Howard Russell, who described the appalling conditions of the Crimean War in the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e of London, to the ranks of reporters, photographers, and cameramen who captured the realities of war in Vietnam, \u003ci\u003eThe First Casualty\u003c\/i\u003e tells a fascinating story of heroism and collusion, censorship and suppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince Vietnam, Knightley reveals, governments have become much more adept at managing the media, as highlighted in chapters on the Falklands War, the Gulf War, and the conflict between NATO and Serbia over Kosovo. And in a new chapter on the post-9\/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Knightley details even greater degrees of government manipulation and media complicity, as evidenced by the \"embedding\" of reporters in military units and the uncritical, openly patriotic coverage of these conflicts. \"The age of the war correspondent as hero,\" he concludes, \"appears to be over.\" Fully updated, \u003ci\u003eThe First Casualty\u003c\/i\u003e remains required reading for anyone concerned about freedom of the press, journalistic responsibility, and the nature of modern warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phillip Knightley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801880300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801880308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.54w x 1.57d","brand":"Phillip Knightley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926140059903,"sku":"9780801880308","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3139c8a8-c59c-4cd2-839a-960e5f71b725.jpg?v=1681081422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-first-casualty-phillip-knightley-9780801880308","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}