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Global Media Perspectives on the Crisis in Panama

Michaud, Nelson, Hensel, Howard M

2011,2016,2013

Overview

Operation Just Cause, the United States' incursion into Panama, was the culmination of a gradually escalating confrontation between the United States and the Noriega dominated government of Panama that extended from June, 1987 until early January, 1990. Applying diverse methodological approaches, this volume examines the various ways representative examples of the global media covered the developing crisis and the eventual US incursion into Panama. The volume: - sets the stage for this analysis by delineating the chronological development of the escalating confrontation, as well as by examining the confrontation from the perspective of the US government - analyzes the crisis from the perspective of the US, Soviet, Canadian, French, Portuguese, Arab, and the People's Republic of China media - exposes the challenges for public affairs officers operating within the context of the global media response to international crises, and provides an assessment of the implications of the crisis for inter-American and international relations. This analysis and evaluation of a variety of global media perspectives on the escalating US-Panamanian confrontation will serve to better illuminate and further enrich our understanding of a major international event - indeed, one of the final events of the Cold War era. Howard M. Hensel, Air War College, USA and Nelson Michaud, École nationale d'administration publique, Canada

• Publisher: Routledge,Taylor and Francis,Ashgate,Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: 20th century / American Invasion, 1989 / Arab countries / Bilateral relations / Canada / China / Cold War / Developing countries / France / Government / History / Latin American Politics / Mass media and international relations / Mass media and propaganda / Mass media and propaganda-History-20th century / Mass media and the war / Mass media and war / Mass media and war -- Panama / Media / Military & Naval History / Modern History 1750-1945 / Panama / Panama -- History -- American Invasion, 1989 -- Mass media and the war / Panama -- History -- American Invasion, 1989 -- Press coverage / Political Communication / Political history / Portugal / Press / Press coverage / U.S.A / U.S.S.R / War & Conflict Studies
• ISBN: 1409429490, 9781409429494