Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You
In 2003 the United States was selling another war. The acclaimed political analyst Norman Solomon and veteran foreign correspondent Reese Erlich explore the realities underlying arguments for and against the invasion of Iraq and illuminate the ways U.S. news media helped market an unprecedented war. In "Target Iraq," the authors decode the media spin and cut through the rhetoric to reveal collusion between the Bush administration and news media. They assess the role of oil in the U.S. strategy and expose the disastrous health hazard depleted uranium posed for combatants.