Casualty of war : the Bush administration's assault on a free press / David Dadge.

chapter 1. Losing America's voice -- Wei Jingsheng : "China's conscience" -- Keeping the wolf from the door : the BBG, the VOA Charter, and legislative changes in 1990s -- More powerful than all the tyrants : public diplomacy and the VOA -- How the State Department sought to quiet the VOA -- Grasping the horns of a dilemma : supporting the independence of the VOA -- ch. 2. Al-Jazeera : a platform of controversy -- A flower in the desert? -- "The view and the other point of view" -- Battling for hearts and minds -- Shooting the messenger and losing the message -- ch. 3. Executives' privilege -- Talking to the enemy -- Watching you broadcasting him -- Self-censorship : a collegial experience -- ch. 4. "In cipro we trust" -- All bewail the chief : the "outing" of the critical American -- Journalism and the subtle undertow of patriotism -- ch. 5. Dezinformatsiya and other patriot acts -- A bodyguard of lies -- The phantom of lost liberty? -- Locking out the information gatekeepers -- ch. 6. Trading liberty for security : the coalition against terrorism -- Human rights excuses : new friends, new alliances -- Serving the national interest : human rights in America -- Strategic partners : the countries surrounding Afghanistan -- Superpowers : past and future -- Your enemy us my enemy : the impact of September 11 on the European Union and other allies -- ch. 7. "Everyone has his own Bin Laden ..." -- The fierce voice of liberty -- Do dictators read the American press? -- In the name of terror -- ch. 8. Responding to the war on terrorism -- The "three wise men" of press freedom -- The role of governments in releasing the free flow of information -- Tugging at the strings of power : how Chairman Mao came to believe in democracy -- Tipping governments in the right(s) direction -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.