TY - BOOK ID - 77947033 TI - Selling war in a media age: the presidency and public opinion in the American century AU - Osgood, Kenneth AU - Frank, Andrew K. AU - Halberstam, David PY - 2010 SN - 081303874X 0813045843 9780813038742 9780813045849 9780813040882 0813040884 9780813034669 0813034663 PB - Gainesville (Fla) University Press of Florida DB - UniCat KW - Political leadership KW - Communication in politics KW - Politics and war KW - Mass media and war KW - Public opinion KW - Rhetoric KW - Presidents KW - Presidency KW - Heads of state KW - Executive power KW - War and mass media KW - War KW - War in mass media KW - War and politics KW - History KW - Political aspects KW - United States KW - History, Military KW - WAR -- 659.332 KW - RHETORIC -- 659.332 KW - USA -- 659.332 KW - 20TH CENTURY -- 930.3 KW - WAR -- 930.3 KW - PRESIDENTS -- 930.3 KW - USA -- 930.3 KW - MASS MEDIA -- 930.3 KW - PUBLIC OPINION -- 659.332 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77947033 AB - George W. Bush's 'Mission Accomplished' banner in 2003 and the misleading linkages of Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 terrorist attacks awoke many Americans to the techniques used by the White House to put the country on a war footing. Yet Bush was simply following in the footsteps of his predecessors, as the essays in this standout volume reveal in illuminating detail. ER -