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Autore |
Cull Nicholas John |
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Titolo |
Selling war [[electronic resource] ] : the British propaganda against American "neutrality" in World War II / / Nicholas John Cull |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995 |
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0-19-771615-6 |
0-19-988047-6 |
0-585-32592-8 |
0-19-802467-3 |
1-280-45351-6 |
0-19-535479-6 |
1-60256-172-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (601 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Propaganda |
Propaganda, British - United States - History - 20th century |
World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
Neutrality - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Terminology; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Gathering Storm: Britain's American Propaganda Policy, 1937 to 1939; 2 To War with Words: British Propaganda in the United States during the Phoney War, September 1939 to May 1940; 3 Their Finest Hour: Projecting the Battle of Britain, May to September 1940; 4 "London Can Take It": British Propaganda and the Blitz, September to December 1940; 5 "Give Us the Tools ...": British Propaganda and American Aid, January to August 1941 |
6 War Gomes To America: The Road to Pearl Harbor, August to December 1941Epilogue: British Propaganda in the United States after 1941; Conclusion: British Propaganda and the Making of American Foreign Policy, 1939 to 1941; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 sec |
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