Framing Post-Cold War Conflicts: The Media and International Intervention

Framing Post-Cold War Conflicts examines how the media interpret conflicts and international interventions--testing the sometimes-contradictory claims that have been made about recent coverage of war. It takes a comparative approach, examining British press coverage across six different crises. Through detailed analysis of news content, it seeks to establish which have been the dominant themes in explaining the post-Cold War international order and to discover how far the patterns established prior to September 11, 2001 have subsequently changed. Based on extensive original research, the book includes case studies of two "humanitarian military interventions" (in Somalia and Kosovo), two instances where Western governments were condemned for not intervening enough (Bosnia and Rwanda), and the post-9/11 interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq.