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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807274703321

Autore

Cull Nicholas John

Titolo

Selling war : the British propaganda campaign against American "neutrality" in World War II / / Nicholas John Cull

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

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

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (601 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

940.54/88

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Propaganda

Propaganda, British - United States - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - United States

Neutrality - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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



Sommario/riassunto

Describes how British propaganda brought the USA into World War II in all but name by the autumn of 1941, creating the context for the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the German declaration of war against the USA.