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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823675103321

Autore

Brooks Tim

Titolo

British propaganda to France, 1940-1944 : machinery, method and message / / Tim Brooks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2007

ISBN

0-7486-5135-7

1-281-25195-X

9786611251956

0-7486-3083-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 pages)

Collana

International Communications : INCO.

International communications.

Disciplina

940.5488641

Soggetti

Propaganda, British - France

World War, 1939-1945 - Propaganda - France

World War, 1939-1945 - Propaganda

France Foreign relations Great Britain

Great Britain Foreign relations France

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Figures and Table; Translations and Terminology; Abbreviations; Key Players; Preface; Introduction: British Propaganda in the Second World War; 1. Machinery: Background, Planning and Departmental Organisation; 2. Method: The Distribution of White Propaganda; 3. Message: The Content of White Propaganda; 4. Reaction: The Impact of White Propaganda; 5. Black Propaganda: Machinery, Method, Message and Reaction; Conclusion; Appendix: Maps; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the important issue of British propaganda to France during the Second World War and aims to show the value of the propaganda campaign to the British war effort. British Propaganda to France is a unique contribution to the field, not only in its examination of one of the least well-studied areas of British activity during the Second World War but also in the breadth of its approach. It surveys the



organisation, operation and nature of the British propaganda effort towards the French people, including both white propaganda (BBC broadcasts and leaflets dropped by the RAF) and b