Spectacle: Operation Desert Storm and the Triumph of Illusion

by Mark Crispin Miller

This shattering expose by a brilliant media critic reveals exactly how and why the administration, the Pentagon, and the media orchestrated a high-stakes campaign to "sell" the Gulf War to America. Impeccably researched, Spectacle is sure to spark outraged debate with its labeling of the war as a high-tech military Super Bowl, complete with instant replays, star interviews, and a postwar party.

Hardcover

First published December 1, 1993

About the author

Mark Crispin Miller graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in 1971, Johns Hopkins University with an MA in 1973, and a PhD in 1977. He is currently Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. He is known for his writing on American media and for his activism on behalf of democratic media reform.