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Forging War: The Media in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina
""A fascinating study of the manipulation of the media in the former Yugoslavia."" -- The New York Times This study of the political manipulation of the media in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina before and during the war argues that political struggles for media control are early warnings of war and a form of preparation for it.
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First published January 1, 1994
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Mark Thompson
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Mark Thompson is an award winning British historian. He has written three books including The White War (2008), an account of the travesties of the Italian army on the Austrian front during World War I, which discussed restoring the Roman practice of decimation, the random execution of troops in order to enforce the discipline of the remaining troops. Forging War (1999) is an account of the media manipulation that took place during the Bosnian War. A Paper House (1992) describes the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Thompson has also edited, with Louis Mackay, Something in the Wind: Politics after Chernobyl (1998).
In 2009 he was the winner of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for The White War: Life & Death on the Italian Front 1915-1919.
Mark Thompson is an award winning British historian. He has written three books including The White War (2008), an account of the travesties of the Italian army on the Austrian front during World War I, which discussed restoring the Roman practice of decimation, the random execution of troops in order to enforce the discipline of the remaining troops. Forging War (1999) is an account of the media manipulation that took place during the Bosnian War. A Paper House (1992) describes the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Thompson has also edited, with Louis Mackay, Something in the Wind: Politics after Chernobyl (1998).
In 2009 he was the winner of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for The White War: Life & Death on the Italian Front 1915-1919.
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August 25, 2019
I have read it during dark period of our history, few years before NATO bomb us. Basically every ethnic group follow and trust their own media and politicans and satanized others.
Several years later I have been watching CNN. similar thing: during some local elections in some NYC community democratic and consernative voters only listened to their own media. Crossovers were as rare as poor, ill-educated and war-troubled Bosnians.
MAny this makes it easier to compehend how Trump won it some 15-20 years later.
Several years later I have been watching CNN. similar thing: during some local elections in some NYC community democratic and consernative voters only listened to their own media. Crossovers were as rare as poor, ill-educated and war-troubled Bosnians.
MAny this makes it easier to compehend how Trump won it some 15-20 years later.
January 16, 2021
Although the initiative and part of the execution is highly commendable and interestingly informative, as a book and reading experience it would have benefited from a different approach - more narrative and story telling while dropping the recurring structure and scholastic purpose.
Its topic and factual recount offer more parallels to today's history than you ever could imagine.
Nothing changes...humans evolving into the same...
Its topic and factual recount offer more parallels to today's history than you ever could imagine.
Nothing changes...humans evolving into the same...
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews