An Operational Commander's Guide to the Media

Abstract

This paper will briefly examine the last 150 years of war and the military-media relationship to see what impact that relationship has had on the nation's ability to wage war. The examination will expose some of the key successes, failures, and consistencies throughout history concluding with a close look at the most recent war, Operation Iraqi Freedom and the advent of the embedded reporter . The Operational Commander is wise to review media relations and the successes and pitfalls of past conflicts, and to examine closely the results of Operation Iraqi Freedom so as to completely understand the media before developing a plan for media relations in a future operation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 2005
Accession Number
ADA463563

Entities

People

  • Michael Mccartney

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Civil War
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Families
  • Military Operations
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • International Journalism and Media Studies.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.