Thorsten Loch
(b.1975) was at the Military History Research Institute in Potsdam until 2006 and is now on active duty as a captain in the German Bundeswehr.
Eurozine Articles
On the role of the media in asymmetric conflicts
Focusing on military history and media studies
"The act of violence is always an act of communication", writes Thorsten Loch. Both sides in today's "asymmetric" conflicts make use of global channels of information: the stronger side tries to legitimate wars while the weaker side attempts to use the international press to beat the west at its own game. [more]





