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Scattering Chaff - Canadian Air Power and Censorship During the Kosovo War (Paperback)
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Scattering Chaff - Canadian Air Power and Censorship During the Kosovo War (Paperback)
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Most Canadians know little, if anything at all, about the role of
the Canadian Air Force in the 1999 Kosovo Air War. Yet lives were
at put at stake as mission dedication and military skill were
pushed to the limit. Some of Canada's most prominent journalists
attempted to report on the war, but came away virtually empty
handed. Daily briefings given at the National Defence Headquarters
provided so little information most Ottawa journalists simply
stopped going. The decision of the military to choke Canada's news
media was deliberate and based on a tactical and strategic
rationale. Scattering Chaff explores the role of the Canadian Air
Force in the bombing campaigns of the Kosovo Air War while
examining the military's interference with the news media
attempting to report to the Canadian public. It explores the ways
in which the military has come to manage the media as an element of
operational security, mission focus, and of popular opinion.
Drawing on in-depth interviews with the war's Canadian participants
and a treasure-trove of unpublished documents and photographs, this
book is an unprecedented investigation of a little-known conflict
and the forces that prevented it from being better known.
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