This book probes the dynamics of image-making and provides us with a unique glimpse of how the world outside of the United States viewed the media's war in the Persian Gulf and how the dynamics of image-making and information control operate.

George Gerbner is professor emeritus at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Hamid Mowlana is professor of communication at American University and president of the International Association of Media Research. Herbert I. Schiller is professor emeritus of communication at the University of California at San Diego.

Part 1 Image and reality: a third world war - a political economy of the Persian Gulf War and the new world order, Andre Gunder Frank; manipulating hearts and minds, H.I. Schiller; roots of war - the long road of intervention, H. Mowlana; the media and the war - what war?, Naom Chomsky. Part 2 Many nations, one image: the new world odour - the Indian experience, P. Sainath; the state, the Malaysian press, and the war in West Asia, Zaharom Nainn; Japanese position in the war and regional issues, Masanori Naito; Japanese media and the war (interview), Tetsuo Kogawa; the war close to home - the Turkish media, Haluk Sahin; the Iranian press and the Persian Gulf War - the impact of western news agencies, Kazem Motamed Nejad, et al; western media - guilty until proved innocent Khawia Mattar; war reporting - collateral damage in the European theatre, Farrel Corcoran; ruling by pooling, Stig A. Nohrstedt; innovations of moral policy, Heikki Luostarinen; truth - the first victim of war?, Rune Ottoslen; public opinion and media war coverage in Britain, Professor Martin Shaw and Roy Carr-Hill; a Soviet snapshot, Eugeni Mikitenko; coverage of the war by the Spanish and Catalonian media, Hector Borrat; the war as Telenovela, Omar Souki Oliveira; a sampling of editorial responses from the Middle East press on the Persian Gulf crisis, H. Mowlana, et al. Part 3 Coming back to reality: twisting the UN charter to US ends, Richard A. Falk; CNN - elites talking to elites, Richard C. Vincent; exterminating angels - morality, violence and technology in the Gulf War, Asu Aksoy and Kevin Robins; back to the future, Kamel S. Abu Jaber; more viewing, less knowledge, Michael Morgan, et al; joysticks, manhood and George Bush's horse, Rami G. Khouri; clusters of reality bombed into bold relief, Erskine B. Childers; dangers of the cultural invasion?, Mostafa Mahmoud; Persian Gulf War - the movie, George Gerbner.