Title Obama, the Media, and Framing the U.S. Exit from Iraq and Afghanistan / by Erika G. King

Published Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (226 pages) Contents Surging to victory in the War on Terror -- Disrupting, dismantling, and defeating al Qaeda -- War's surge-then-exit through a skeptical media lens -- Turning the page on Operation Iraqi Freedom -- War's drawdown through a censorious media lens -- Framing war's indecisive end Summary Situating Obama's end-of-war discourse in the historical context of the 2001 terrorist attacks, this timely book begins with a detailed comparison with the Bush war-on-terror security narrative before examining elements of continuity and change in post-9/11 elite rhetoric. Erika King deftly employs two case studies of presidential and media framing - the weeks surrounding the formal announcements of Obama's December 2009 "surge-then-exit" strategy from Afghanistan and the end of combat operations in Iraq in August 2010 - to explore the role of mass media in presenting presidential narratives of war and finds evidence of an interpretive disconnect between the media and a president seeking to present a more nuanced approach to keeping America safe Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Text in English Print version record Subject Obama, Barack -- Oratory SUBJECT Obama, Barack fast Subject Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Mass media and the war Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Press coverage -- United States Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Mass media and the war Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Press coverage -- United States Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism. Mass media and war Oratory Press coverage Rhetoric -- Political aspects Media Studies. Iraq United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9781409429654 1409429652 1317086449 9781317086444 1317086430 9781317086437

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