Research Catalog

Title

Scattering chaff : Canadian air power and censorship during the Kosovo War / Bob Bergen.

Author

Bergen, Robert

Publication

• Calgary, Alberta Canada : University of Calgary Press, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Description

xvi, 328 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"Most Canadians know little, if anything at all, about the role of the Canadian Air Force in the 1999 Kosovo Air War. Yet lives were at put at stake as mission dedication and military skill were pushed to the limit. Some of Canada's most prominent journalists attempted to report on the war, but came away empty handed. Daily briefings given at the National Defence Headquarters provided so little information most Ottawa journalists simply stopped going. The decision of the military to choke Canada's news media was deliberate and based on a tactical and strategic rationale. "Scattering Chaff" explores the role of the Canadian Air Force in the bombing campaigns of the Kosovo Air War while examining the military's interference with the news media attempting to report to the Canadian public. It explores the ways in which the military has come to manage the media as an element of operational security, mission focus, and of popular opinion. Drawing on in-depth interviews with the war's Canadian participants and a treasure-trove of unpublished photographs, this book is an unprecedented investigation of a little-known conflict and the forces that prevented it from being better known."--

Series Statement

Beyond boundaries : Canadian defence and strategic studies series, 1716-2645 ; no. 9

Uniform Title

Beyond boundaries series ; no. 9.

Alternative Title

Canadian air power and censorship during the Kosovo War

Subjects

• Kosovo War, 1998-1999 > Aerial operations, Canadian
• 1998-1999
• Canada
• Press coverage
• Military participation > Canadian
• Military operations, Aerial > Canadian
• Serbia
• Kosovo War, 1998-1999 > Censorship > Canada
• Kosovo War (Serbia : 1998-1999)
• Kosovo War, 1998-1999 > Press coverage > Canada
• Kosovo (Republic)
• Censorship
• Kosovo War, 1998-1999 > Participation, Canadian

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Contents

Introduction: Kosovo, Canada's unknown air war -- A fearsome aerial ballet -- Planning for war -- I cringed every time it rained -- Don't go to war without it -- The fog of war -- Prelude to censorship : media, body bags, and the Gulf War -- Like an overnight international courier -- A blanket of secrecy -- Friction and iron will -- On body bags and the news media -- Canada missed a good News story -- Homecomings -- Context-less facts, ambiguity, half-truths, and outright lies -- Afterword.

Call Number

JFE 19-7776

ISBN

• 9781773850306
• 177385030X

OCLC

1066176674

Author

Bergen, Robert, author.

Title

Scattering chaff : Canadian air power and censorship during the Kosovo War / Bob Bergen.

Publisher

Calgary, Alberta Canada : University of Calgary Press, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Beyond boundaries : Canadian defence and strategic studies series, 1716-2645 ; no. 9

Beyond boundaries series ; no. 9.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324) and index.

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic format.

Chronological Term

1998-1999

Other Form:

Bergen, Bob, 1949- Scattering chaff.: Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, 2019. Beyond boundaries series Beyond boundaries : Canadian defence and strategic studies series (CaOONL)20189064366

Online version: Bergen, Bob, 1949- Scattering chaff. Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, 2019 1773850326 9781773850320 (OCoLC)1080217564

Research Call Number

JFE 19-7776