Greg McLaughlin is an Associate of the Centre for Media Research at Ulster University. He is the author of The War Correspondent (Pluto, 2nd edition; 2016), and co-author with Stephen Baker of The Propaganda of Peace: The Role of Media and Culture in the Northern Ireland Peace Process (2010) and The British Media and Bloody Sunday (2015).

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. IntroductionPart I: The War Correspondent in Historical Perspective2. The War Correspondent: Risk, Motivation and Tradition 3. Journalism, Objectivity and War4. From Luckless Tribe to Wireless Tribe: The Impact of Media Technologies on War ReportingPart II: The War Correspondent and the Military5. Getting to Know Each Other: From Crimea to Vietnam6. Learning and Forgetting: From the Falklands to the Gulf7. Goodbye Vietnam Syndrome: The Embed System in Afghanistan and IraqPart III: The War Correspondent and Ideological Frameworks8. Reporting the Cold War and the New World Order9. Reporting the ‘War on Terror’ and the Return of the Evil Empire10. Conclusions: ‘Telling Truth To Power’ – the Ultimate Role of the War Correspondent?Appendices NotesBibliography Index

'At a time of heightened geopolitical tension, McLaughlin's study of the war correspondent is an important contribution to understanding the role of the journalist in war time. This revised edition is essential reading for students and researchers of conflict news'

Greg McLaughlin is an Associate of the Centre for Media Research at Ulster University. He is the author of The War Correspondent (Pluto, 2nd edition; 2016), and co-author with Stephen Baker of The Propaganda of Peace: The Role of Media and Culture in the Northern Ireland Peace Process (2010) and The British Media and Bloody Sunday (2015).

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. IntroductionPart I: The War Correspondent in Historical Perspective2. The War Correspondent: Risk, Motivation and Tradition 3. Journalism, Objectivity and War4. From Luckless Tribe to Wireless Tribe: The Impact of Media Technologies on War ReportingPart II: The War Correspondent and the Military5. Getting to Know Each Other: From Crimea to Vietnam6. Learning and Forgetting: From the Falklands to the Gulf7. Goodbye Vietnam Syndrome: The Embed System in Afghanistan and IraqPart III: The War Correspondent and Ideological Frameworks8. Reporting the Cold War and the New World Order9. Reporting the ‘War on Terror’ and the Return of the Evil Empire10. Conclusions: ‘Telling Truth To Power’ – the Ultimate Role of the War Correspondent?Appendices NotesBibliography Index

'At a time of heightened geopolitical tension, McLaughlin's study of the war correspondent is an important contribution to understanding the role of the journalist in war time. This revised edition is essential reading for students and researchers of conflict news'

Greg McLaughlin is an Associate of the Centre for Media Research at Ulster University. He is the author of The War Correspondent (Pluto, 2nd edition; 2016), and co-author with Stephen Baker of The Propaganda of Peace: The Role of Media and Culture in the Northern Ireland Peace Process (2010) and The British Media and Bloody Sunday (2015).

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. IntroductionPart I: The War Correspondent in Historical Perspective2. The War Correspondent: Risk, Motivation and Tradition 3. Journalism, Objectivity and War4. From Luckless Tribe to Wireless Tribe: The Impact of Media Technologies on War ReportingPart II: The War Correspondent and the Military5. Getting to Know Each Other: From Crimea to Vietnam6. Learning and Forgetting: From the Falklands to the Gulf7. Goodbye Vietnam Syndrome: The Embed System in Afghanistan and IraqPart III: The War Correspondent and Ideological Frameworks8. Reporting the Cold War and the New World Order9. Reporting the ‘War on Terror’ and the Return of the Evil Empire10. Conclusions: ‘Telling Truth To Power’ – the Ultimate Role of the War Correspondent?Appendices NotesBibliography Index

'At a time of heightened geopolitical tension, McLaughlin's study of the war correspondent is an important contribution to understanding the role of the journalist in war time. This revised edition is essential reading for students and researchers of conflict news'