The book demonstrates the relationship binding the audio-visual message
presented and conveyed in the television coverage of the 2003 Invasion
of Iraq, and the strategic conduct of the assault itself. It tackles the
military power-related elements contributing to the construction of
visual image: the image production, the pictorial outcome, and the way
it is interpreted by specific audiences. In this realm, the thesis draws
a comparative content and discourse analyses between Al-Jazeera, based
in Doha, and CNN, based in Atlanta, providing evidence on the crucial
military and strategic role played by instant television in affecting
the conduct policies of contemporary wars.