LEADING TO THE 2003 IRAQ WAR: THE GLOBAL MEDIA DEBATE; ED. BY ALEXANDER G. NIKOLAEV

arguably, Each Country's Media Represented Its Opinions For Or Against The 2003 Iraq War, Giving The Viewer Insight Into The Nation's Stance On The War, And Their Political Reasoning. By Concentrating On The Pre-war Coverage, This Group Of Scholars Engages In A More Open Discussion Of The Issues Than Would Take Place During Wartime, And Uncovers The Implications For Each Country's Position On International Concerns. Contents......Page 6 List of Graphs and Tables......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 Part I The English-Speaking Western Alliance—America, Great Britain, and Australia......Page 16 The United States......Page 18 1 A Debate Delayed Is a Debate Denied: U.S. News Media before the 2003 War with Iraq......Page 20 2 Strange Bedfellows: The Emergence of the Al Qaeda–Baathist News Frame Prior to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq......Page 32 3 The Whole World Is Watching, But So What? A Frame Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Antiwar Protest......Page 48 4 Their Morals Are Ours: The American Media on the Doctrine of “Preemptive War”......Page 74 The United Kingdom......Page 92 5 Postmodern War on Iraq......Page 94 6 Orientalism Revisited: The British Media and the Iraq War......Page 106 Australia......Page 122 7 The War in Iraq: A View from Australia......Page 124 Part II The Global Debate......Page 134 Europe......Page 136 8 Le Monde on a “Likely” Iraq War......Page 138 9 The Germans Protest: Still a Country of Pacifists?......Page 158 The Middle East......Page 172 10 Sheer and Opaque Screens: The Medical Ethnography of Arabic Television, a Phenomenological Quandary of Communal Memory, Suffering, and Resistance......Page 174 11 American Crisis–Israeli Narrative: The Role of Media Discourse in the Promotion of a War Agenda......Page 190 Eurasia......Page 204 12 Why The Russians Did Not Support the 2003 Iraq War: A Frame Analysis of the Russian Television Coverage of the Coming of the War in Iraq......Page 206 13 Clashing World Views: Coverage of the Prewar Iraqi Crisis in the Chinese Press......Page 232 Across the Globe......Page 246 14 The Coverage of Debates on the Iraq War: The Case of Zimbabwe......Page 248 15 Turn on, Tune in: Language of War in Iraq (Chile, Mexico, and Spain)......Page 258 Notes on Contributors......Page 274 Bibliography......Page 278 F......Page 290 P......Page 291 Z......Page 292 This book is a telling analysis of the pre-war media debate around the globe, which set the stage for the 2003 Iraq war. Arguably, each country's media represented its opinions for or against the war, giving the viewer insight into the nation's stance on the war and its political reasoning. By concentrating on the pre-war coverage, this group of scholars engages in a more open discussion of the issues that would take place during wartime, and uncovers the implications for each country's position on international concerns. An analysis of the pre-war media debate around the globe, which set the stage for the 2003 Iraq war. This book concentrates on the pre-war coverage, and engages in an open discussion of the issues that would take place during wartime. It aims to uncover the implications for each country's position on international concerns "Arguably, each country's media represented its opinions for or against the 2003 Iraq war, giving the viewer insight into the nation's stance on the war, and their political reasoning. By concentrating on the pre-war coverage, this group of scholars engages in a more open discussion of the issues than would take place during wartime, and uncovers the implications for each country's position on international concerns." -- Publisher A telling analysis of the pre-war media debate around the globe which set the stage for the 2003 Iraq war. By concentrating on the pre-war coverage, this group of scholars engages in a more open discussion of the issues than would take place during wartime, and uncovers the implications for each country's position on international concerns.