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War & press freedom : the problem of prerogative power

Journalists have often lost constitutional rights for coverage and commentary during America's wars. Based on analysis of two hundred years of law and history, this study argues that press freedom cannot and should not be suspended during armed conflict. The military and the media must work together because neither has authority over the other.
eBook, English, 1999
Oxford University Press, New York, 1999
History
1 online resource (viii, 324 pages) : illustrations
9780195099454, 9780195099461, 9781423740711, 9780195356748, 9786610451609, 0195099451, 019509946X, 1423740718, 0195356748, 6610451605
191818062
War, autocracy, and the Constitution
The purpose of the press clause
Suspending the press clause
The Federalists and the French Revolution
The rise of presidential prerogatives
The bureaucratization of wartime censorship
The long, Cold War
The mass media: scapegoats and sycophants
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011