Debating War and Peace: Media Coverage of U.S.Intervention in the Post-Vietnam Era

List of Tables ix Preface xi ONE Introduction 3 TWO The Spectrum of Debate in the News 17 THREE Grenada and Panama 36 FOUR The Buildup to the Gulf War 66 FIVE The Rule and Some Exceptions 100 SIX Television News and the Foreign-Policy Agenda 120 SEVEN Conclusion 143 Appendix 154 Index 157