Oliver Boyd Barrett: 2 books
Hollywood and the CIA
Cinema, Defense and Subversion
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This book investigates representations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Hollywood films, and the synergies between Hollywood product, U.S. military/defense interests and U.S. foreign policy.
As probably the best known of the many different intelligence agencies of the US, the CIA...
Western Mainstream Media and the Ukraine Crisis
A Study in Conflict Propaganda
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This book explores contemporary propaganda and mainstream Western news media, with reference to the Ukraine crisis.
It examines Western media narratives of the immediate causes of the crisis, the respective roles of those who participated in or otherwise supported the demonstrations of 2013–2014...