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24 alternatives to On the Frontlines of the Television War

The story of the journalists who brought us the war .

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. On the Frontlines of the Television War launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Great War and Modern Memory ▲77

   Profound study on how WW1 created our ironic, modern world

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   Out on the Wire▲64

   Storytelling advice from This American Life, RadioLab & more

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Understanding Media▲70

   The Extensions of Man

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914▲66

   Why a group of well-meaning leaders stumbled into war

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Winning the Story Wars▲63

   Why those who tell the best stories will rule the future

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   War in Val D’Orcia▲55

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   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The WikiLeaks Files▲67

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   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   All the Light We Cannot See▲80

   WWII fiction from both French and German point of view

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   StoryTime.us▲87

   Create stories told one line at a time

   2014 · its alternatives →

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    Battle Leadership▲56

    War is Human Life Amplified and Intensified

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War▲62

    Describes the western world that exploded into The Great War

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Winning the Story Wars▲62

    Why those who tell (and live) the best stories will rule...

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit and Imperial Folly▲68

    During WW1 a few random men made the modern Middle East

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Skies Belong to Us▲67

    Riveting read on the golden age of hijacking.

    2015 · theskiesbelongtous.com · its alternatives →

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    Dark Territory▲69

    The Secret History of Cyber War

    2016 · fredkaplan.info · its alternatives →

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    Ratings War▲66

    Break stories and outwit rival reporters. Text based.

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    The Intercept▲78

    Fearless, adversarial journalism.

    2014 · firstlook.media · its alternatives →

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    Inside 2.0▲194

    Curating the best journalism in real-time

    2014 · inside.com · its alternatives →

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    The Billion Dollar Spy▲54

    A true story of cold war espionage and betrayal

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling▲68

    Using stories to advocate, influence, and persuade

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator▲83

    The inside mechanics of how blogs & news are made.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Youngblood▲71

    The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Story Wars▲83

    Writing stories together

    2014 · storywars.net · its alternatives →

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    Brothers▲71

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