In Global Communications, International Affairs and the Media since 1945 , Philip M. Taylor traces the increased involvement of the media in issues of peace and especially war from the nineteenth century to the present day. He analyzes the nature, role and impact of communications within the international arena since 1945 and how communications interacts with foreign policy in practice rather than in theory. Using studies which include the Gul War and Vietnam, Taylor details the contemporary problems reporting while at the same time providing a comprehensive historical context.

Philip Taylor is Reader in International Communications and Deputy Director, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds.

Preface Introduction-The third wave and the fourth dimension: communications and the media in the information age; Order and disorder in the information age; Reinventing wheels; The third wave; The fourth dimension; To have or have not 1 International communications and international politics since 1945 2 Brushfires and firefighters: international affairs and the news media 3 Illusions of reality: the media and the reporting of warfare 4 Mind games: information warfare and psychological operations