Big Project

Currently I'm working on a big project for the blog. I'm transcribing an article written by Robert Elegant called, "How to Lose a War," that ran in the August 1981 edition of Encounter. Elegant was a war correspondent who describes not the effects, but the causes of media disinformation during the war. Its effects were noticable, however insights into the causes that go beyond mere hyperbole are rare in this instance. America pulled out of Vietnam, and the media played a large roll in that; but, how and why?

I cannot find a transcribed version of this article anywhere on the net and hope that I can provide people with the single best article I have read on the negative effects the media has had on American efforts. However, this article is very long, and will take me a while to transcribe. I'll probably start posting it in pieces, then post it in total when I'm done.

Hopefully this will provide us with some descent fodder for a while.