A01=Norman Solomon
American military
American wars
Author_Norman Solomon
Category=JW
diplomacy
disinformation
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history of American war
media critic
media criticism
national security
news
Norman Solomon
peace
perception management
political science
propaganda
war
War Made Easy
Product details
- ISBN 9780471694793
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Jul 2005
- Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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War Made Easy cuts through the dense web of spin to probe and scrutinize the key ""perception management"" techniques that have played huge roles in the promotion of American wars in recent decades. This guide to disinformation analyzes American military adventures past and present to reveal striking similarities in the efforts of various administrations to justify, and retain, public support for war. War Made Easy is essential reading. It documents a long series of deliberate misdeeds at the highest levels of power and lays out important guidelines to help readers distinguish a propaganda campaign from actual news reporting. With War Made Easy, every reader can become a savvy media critic and, perhaps, help the nation avoid costly and unnecessary wars.
Norman Solomon is a nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a national consortium of policy researchers and analysts. His columns have appeared in such publications as the Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Newsday, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and USA Today. Solomon has appeared on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and C-SPAN's Washington Journal and Book TV, and has been a guest on various National Public Radio programs. His last book, Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You, has been translated into Italian, German, Hungarian, and Korean.
