Part One, The media and the government: World War II to the end of the twentieth century. Lessons of past wars / Peter Arnett ... [et al.]. Presidential press secretaries / Joe Lockhart ... [et al.]. National security decisionmakers / Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, James R. Schlesinger, and R. James Woolsey. The CNN effect / Lawrence S. Eagleburger ... [et al.]
Part Two, War in Afganistan : the early stages. The pentagon and the press / Victoria Clarke ... [et al.]. Three months later / Victoria Clarke ... [et al.]
Part Three, The journalists dilemma: three stories. The Hart-Rudman Commission report / Thomas Kunkel ... [et al.]. The anthrax attacks and bioterrorism / Ceci Connolly ... [et al.]. Dissent / Alex Arriaga ... [et al.]
Part Four, Reporting from the field: three sites. Afghanistan / Michael Gordon ... [et al.]. The Middle East / Glenn Frankel ... [et. al.]. Foreign correspondents in Washington / Hafez-Al-Mirazi ... [et al.]
Part Five, From different perspectives. Public diplomacy or propaganda? / Karen DeYoung ... [et al.]. Congress / Candy Crowley ... [et al.]. Public opinion / Jill Abramson ... [et al.]. Overview / Lloyd N. Cutler ... [et al.]
Part Six, 9/11 and beyond. Running toward danger / E.J. Dionne, Jr ... [et al.]