Reporters on the battlefield : the embedded press system in historical context / Christopher Paul, James J. Kim.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-150).

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Introduction -- The relationship between the press and the military:a starting point -- History of relations between the press and the military case studies: the legacies of history -- Systems for press access and measures for evaluating systems for organizing military-press relations -- Preliminary evaluations of the embedded press and other systems for organizing press-military relations -- The future of embedded press -- Appendix A: The public's "right to know" -- Appendix B: Outcomes and measures of the embedded press system.

Focusing on the embedded press system deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom, this book attempts to answer the following questions: How effective was the embedded press system in meeting the needs of the three main constituencies: the press, the military, and the citizens of the United States? What policy history led to the innovation of an embedded press system? Where are press-military relations likely to go in the future?