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For fifty-five years, the United States and Saudi Arabia were solid partners. Then came the 9/11 attacks, which sorely tested that relationship. In Thicker than Oil, Rachel Bronson reveals why the partnership became so intimate and how the countries' shared interests sowed the seeds of today's most pressing problem--Islamic radicalism. Drawing on a wide range of archival material, declassified documents, and interviews with leading Saudi and American officials, and including many colorful stories of diplomatic adventures and misadventures, Bronson chronicles a history of close, and always controversial, contacts. She argues that contrary to popular belief the relationship was never simply ab...
This volume starts with historical phases of the 'Washington Post', written by the late Katherine Graham, former publisher of the newspaper, based on her Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical work. The introduction is followed by foreign-related Pulitzer articles and cartoons from Italy's war against Ethiopia in 1935 until the final stages of America's Iraq war in 2010. Heinz-Dietrich Fischer, EdD, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany.
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How the United States pivoted from containment to regime change in Iraq between the Gulf War and September 11, 2001.
Contains 12 contributions, including some original research, by scholars, journalists, and media executives at Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center. Contributions focus on the influence of the press on the policy apparatus of government and the impact of economics and changes in communications technology on news reporting. The volume also includes perspectives on minorities and women as members of the news industry. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
This text explains what religious terrorists and religious peacemakers share in common and what causes them to take different paths in fighting injustice.
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Reporting War explores the social responsibilities of the journalist during times of military conflict. News media treatments of international crises are increasingly becoming the subject of public controversy, and discussion is urgently needed.