War and media operations [electronic resource] : the U.S. military and the press from Vietnam to Iraq / Thomas Rid.
Series: Cass military studiesPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2007.Description: 240 pISBN:- 9780203964521
- Also available in print edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The military as a learning organization -- Perspectives on military learning -- A model of strategic innovation -- The history of media operations -- Disastrous public affairs: Vietnam -- Restrictive public affairs: Grenada, Panama, and the Persian Gulf -- Experimental public affairs: Somalia, the Balkans, and Afghanistan -- A case study of strategic innovation -- Retrieving past experiences? -- Strategic public affairs: Iraq -- Discussion and outlook -- The friendly learning loop -- The adversarial learning loop.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.