As television screens across America showed Chinese students blocking government tanks in Tiananmen Square, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and missiles searching their targets in Baghdad, the connection between media and revolution seemed more significant than ever.
Thirteen prominent scholars examine the role of the communication media in revolutionary crises-from the Puritan revolution of the 1640s to the recent upheaval in the former Czechoslovakia. The contributors' wide-ranging views form a balanced and perceptive examination of the impact of the media on the making of history. Jeremy D. Popkin is professor of history at the University of Kentucky.
