Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Tables xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xvii
7. CHAPTER ONE. News, Opinion, and Foreign Policy 1
8. CHAPTER 2. Politics across the Water’s Edge 17
9. CHAPTER 3. Elite Rhetoric, Media Coverage, and Rallying ’Round the Flag 46
10. CHAPTER 4. War Meets the Press 89
11. CHAPTER 5. Shot by the Messenger 114
12. CHAPTER 6. Tidings of Battle 149
13. CHAPTER 7. “Reality Asserted Itself” 186
14. CHAPTER 8. Barbarians inside the Gates 230
15. CHAPTER 9. Back to the Future 284
16. References 297
17. Index 315