British Writing Propaganda And Cultural Diplomacy In The Second World War And Beyond

Author : Beatriz Lopez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350412155
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Writing, Propaganda and Cultural Diplomacy in the Second World War and Beyond written by Beatriz Lopez and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-25 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first sustained analysis of the interactions between British writers, propaganda and culture from the Second World War to the Cold War. It traces the involvement of a series of major cultural figures in domestic and international propaganda campaigns and throws new light on the global deployment of British propaganda and cultural diplomacy in colonial and post-colonial theatres such as Cyprus, India and Sierra Leone. Chapters re-evaluate the propaganda work of prominent writers including Arthur Koestler and Dylan Thomas in the light of new archival research, study how organisations including the BBC, British Council and Ministry of Information engaged with new media forms, analyse cultural representations of propaganda service and investigate how British literature and culture was deployed and projected as a form of soft power across the globe. Featuring contributions from a variety of disciplines, including literary studies, visual culture, book history and radio history, this book brings together a constellation of established and emerging scholars to show the crucial role played in shaping and mediating the techniques and content of British information campaigns of the mid-twentieth century.

Author : Edward Corse
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 144114336X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Battle for Neutral Europe written by Edward Corse and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Battle for Neutral Europe describes and analyses the forgotten story of the British government's cultural propaganda organization, the British Council, in its campaign to win the hearts and minds of people in neutral Europe during the Second World War. The book draws on a range of previously unused material from archives from across Europe and private memoirs to provide a unique insight into the work of the leading British artists, scientists, musicians and other cultural figures who travelled to Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Turkey at great personal risk to promote British life and thought in a time of war. Edward Corse shows how the British Council played a subtle but crucial role in Britain's war effort and draws together the lessons of the British Council experience to produce a new model of cultural propaganda.

Author : Nicholas John Cull
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199880476
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selling War written by Nicholas John Cull and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "British propaganda brought America to the brink of war, and left it to the Japanese and Hitler to finish the job." So concludes Nicholas Cull in this absorbing study of how the United States was transformed from isolationism to belligerence in the years before the attack on Pearl Harbor. From the moment it realized that all was lost without American aid, the British Government employed a host of persuasive tactics to draw the US to its rescue. With the help of talents as varied as those of matinee idol Leslie Howard, Oxford philosopher Isaiah Berlin and society photographer Cecil Beaton, no section of America remained untouched and no method--from Secret Service intrigue to the publication of horrifying pictures of Nazi atrocities--remained untried. The British sought and won the support of key journalists and broadcasters, including Edward R. Murrow, Dorothy Thompson and Walter Winchell; Hollywood film makers also played a willing part. Cull details these and other propaganda activities, covering the entire range of the British effort. A fascinating story of how a foreign country provoked America's involvement in its greatest war, Selling War will appeal to all those interested in the modern cultural and political history of Britain and the United States.

Author : J. Melissen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230554938
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Public Diplomacy written by J. Melissen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-11-22 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 9/11, which triggered a global debate on public diplomacy, 'PD' has become an issue in most countries. This book joins the debate. Experts from different countries and from a variety of fields analyze the theory and practice of public diplomacy. They also evaluate how public diplomacy can be successfully used to support foreign policy.

Author : Mark Rawlinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9780198184560
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Writing of the Second World War written by Mark Rawlinson and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2000 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed survey of British literary culture during World War Two explores the significance of cultural representations of violence with regard to the war effort & evaluates wartime writing in the context of official and unofficial discourses

Author : Kirk Robert Graham
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783030716639
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Subversive Propaganda during the Second World War written by Kirk Robert Graham and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first in-depth intellectual and cultural history of British subversive propaganda during the Second World War. Focussing on the Political Warfare Executive (PWE), it tells the story of British efforts to undermine German morale and promote resistance against Nazi hegemony. Staffed by civil servants, journalists, academics and anti-fascist European exiles, PWE oversaw the BBC European Service alongside more than forty unique clandestine radio stations; they maintained a prolific outpouring of subversive leaflets and other printed propaganda; and they trained secret agents in psychological warfare. British policy during the occupation of Germany stemmed in part from the wartime insights and experiences of these propagandists. Rather than analyse military strategy or tactics, British Subversive Propaganda during the Second World War draws on a wealth of archival material from collections in Germany and Britain to develop a critical genealogy of British ideas about Germany and National Socialism. British propagandists invoked discourses around history, morality, psychology, sexuality and religion in order to conceive of an audience susceptible to morale subversion. Revealing much about the contours of mid-century European thought and the origins of our own heavily propagandised world, this book provides unique insights for anyone researching British history, the Second World War, or the fight against fascism.

Author : Harriet Atkinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350088501
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exhibitions Beyond Boundaries written by Harriet Atkinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After World War II, museum and gallery exhibitions, industrial and trade fairs, biennials, triennials, festivals and world's fairs increasingly came to be used as locations for the exercise of "soft power," for displays of cultural diplomacy between nations and as spaces for addressing areas of social and political contestation. Exhibitions Beyond Boundaries opens with a substantial introduction to the key debates, followed by case studies that advance the field of exhibition histories both geographically and methodologically, focusing on postwar transnational exchange and the wider networks engendered through exhibitions. Chapters trace relations across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific, and the United States of America, drawing on a range of approaches and perspectives, principally from art and design history but also from social, economic and political history, and museum studies. Featured case studies include the presentation of African-American Art at FESMAN '66 and FESTAC '77, the US's 1961 Small Industries Exhibition in Colombo, Israel's early appearances at the Venice Biennale, the Vatican Pavilion at the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, and Hong Kong's Pavilion at Expo 70 in Tokyo.

Author : Justin Hart
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199777942
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire of Ideas written by Justin Hart and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empire of Ideas examines the origins of the U. S. government's programs in public diplomacy and how the nation's image in the world became an essential component of U. S. foreign policy.

Author : Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton (2d baron)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lord Lyons written by Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton (2d baron) and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sandra Oliver
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134314485
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handbook of Corporate Communication and Public Relations written by Sandra Oliver and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-04-22 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold addition to existing literature, this book provides an excellent overview of corporate communication. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it offers readers the in-depth analysis required to truly understand corporate communication, corporate strategy and corporate affairs as well as the relevant public relations issues. With a refreshing new approach to this topic, the authors challenge reductionist views of corporate communication, providing persuasive evidence for the idea that without an organizational communication strategy, there is no corporate strategy. Written by an impressive list of international authorities, the text is well illustrated with contemporary case studies, drawing out the most pertinent best-practice outcomes of theoretically based applications. Its four sections cover: national communication international communication image, identity and reputation management the future for corporate communication theory and practice. This is an essential one-stop reference for all academics, practitioners and students seeking to understand corporate communication and public relations.