Mass communication and the mass media are comparatively recent phenomena butare the conditions in which politicians statesmen and soldiers have beenincreasingly... » 

Mass communication and the mass media are comparatively recent phenomena butare the conditions in which politicians statesmen and soldiers have beenincreasingly forced to operate.In Global Communications International Affairs and the Media Since 1945 Philip M. Taylor traces the increased involvement of the media in issues ofpeace and especially war from the nineteenth century to the present day. Heanalyzes the nature role and impact of communications within the internationalarena and how communications interacts with foreign policy in practice ratherthan in theory. Using studies which include the Gulf War and Vietnam Taylordetails the contemporary problems of reporting while at the same time providinga comprehensive historical context. «