News media, movies, blogs and video games issue constant invitations to picture war, experience the thrill of combat, and revisit battles past. War, it\"s often said, sells. But what does it take to sell a war, and to what extent can news media be viewed as disinterested reporters of truth?...

News media, movies, blogs and video games issue constant invitations to picture war, experience the thrill of combat, and revisit battles past. War, it\"s often said, sells. But what does it take to sell a war, and to what extent can news media be viewed as disinterested reporters of truth?...

On the basis of a limited literary output and a scandalous reputation, historians have often marginalised John Wilkes\"\"s role in the development of radical political ideas in England in the 1760s and 1770s. This monograph re-evaluates Wilkes\"\"s contribution in the context of his association with the radical Enlightenment....