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If it Bleeds, it Leads! - The Crimean War #2 - Extra History
🕑 Added 2023-06-16 17:30:01 +0000 UTCThe Russians are on the attack trying to take over the black sea but this battle has a new front to defend. The ruthless views and sway of the media, as newspapers mock British commanders and drum up nationalistic fervor.
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chromicacid
"Heroic" == "lots of bloodshed" tracks, not just in the press, but in Hollywood too. Monster movies in particular are famous for not grasping how military training, tactics, technology, or diplomacy work, and instead creating drama based on how to misuse things so that the most people die. This was mocked in the novel Tress of the Emerald Sea (entertaining in its own right due to having an opinionated narrator who couldn't stop commenting on matters) by mentioning how important military people would be introduced by how many people died under their command.
Jacob White
both world wars really, that famous "keep calm and carry on" slogan, and her majesty Elizabeth the second doing her part in the war effort.
Martin Verran
Hmm, at what other point in history did the British media drum up nationalistic fervor, I wonder? 1914, perhaps?
