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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457323403321

Autore

Cole Robert <1939->

Titolo

Propaganda, censorship and Irish neutrality in the Second World War [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Cole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7486-5133-0

1-280-76241-1

9786610762415

0-7486-4280-3

0-7486-2652-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

International communications

Disciplina

940.53/25417

Soggetti

Neutrality - Ireland

World War, 1939-1945 - Censorship - Ireland

World War, 1939-1945 - Propaganda

Propaganda - Ireland - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-190) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 Setting the Stage: April 1937-August 1939; 2 'In Dublin's Bright City': September 1939-May 1940; 3 The Hazards of Neutrality: June-December 1940; 4 'More Than Ever "Ourselves Alone"': January-June 1941; 5 From 'Operation Barbarossa' to Pearl Harbor: June-December 1941; 6 Here Come the Yanks!: January-December 1942; 7 'Now We Have Won The War!': January-December 1942; 8 Turning the Tide: January-December 1943; 9 'Eamon Who?': January 1944-May 1945; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Allied propaganda and Eire censorship were a vital part of the conflict over Irish neutrality in the Second World War. Based upon original research in archives in Ireland, Great Britain, the United States and Canada, this study opens a new page in the history of wartime propaganda and censorship. It examines the channels of propaganda , including the press and other print media, broadcasting and film,



employed in Eire and the agencies which operated them, and the structure and operations of the Eire censorship bureau which sought to repress them . It also looks at the role played by Irish-Amer