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A Discussion with John Macarthur, Author of Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War

StorySeptember 24, 2002
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A decade ago while the United States government made noisy preparations to go to war against Saddam Hussein, it was also purposefully planning another war—on the constitutional freedoms of the US media during Operation Desert Storm.

Guest:

  • John MacArthur, author of the Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War; publisher of Harper’s.

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