LEADER 05660nam 2200673 450 001 9910821470903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-252-09778-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000499819 035 $a(EBL)4306049 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001569990 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16218561 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001569990 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12494378 035 $a(PQKB)11076418 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4306049 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001639877 035 $a(OCoLC)933516783 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47741 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4306049 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11137414 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL839909 035 $a(OCoLC)932121243 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000499819 100 $a20160119h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCold war on the airwaves $ethe radio propaganda war against East Germany /$fNicholas J. Schlosser 210 1$aUrbana, [Illinois] :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-252-03969-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Between Objectivity and Engagement; 2 Radio Propaganda during the Occupation, 1945-1949; 3 Building a Rival Fourth Estate: RIAS's Campaign against East Germany; 4 RIAS Berlin and the June 17, 1953, Uprising in East Germany; Photographs; 5 The East German Campaign against RIAS; 6 RIAS and the Berlin Crisis of 1958-1961; Epilogue: RIAS, 1963-1992; Notes; Sources and Bibliography; Index 330 2 $a"Founded as a counterweight to the Communist broadcasters in East Germany, Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) became one of the most successful public information operations conducted against the Soviet Bloc. Cold War on the Airwaves examines the Berlin-based organization's history and influence on the political worldview of the people--and government--on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Nicholas Schlosser draws on broadcast transcripts, internal memoranda, listener letters, and surveys by the U.S. Information Agency to profile RIAS. Its mission: to undermine the German Democratic Republic with propaganda that, ironically, gained in potency by obeying the rules of objective journalism. Throughout, Schlosser examines the friction inherent in such a contradictory project and propaganda's role in shaping political culture. He also portrays how RIAS's primarily German staff influenced its outlook and how the organization both competed against its rivals in the GDR and pushed communist officials to alter their methods in order to keep listeners. From the occupation of Berlin through the airlift to the construction of the Berlin Wall, Cold War on the Airwaves offers an absorbing view of how public diplomacy played out at a flashpoint of East-West tension"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 2 $a"Cold War on the Airwaves offers a history of the Berlin-based American propaganda broadcaster Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) and its impact on the political culture of the German Democratic Republic during the early Cold War. Founded in 1946 to serve as America's official radio station in Berlin and as a counterweight to the Communist-controlled broadcasters in East Germany, RIAS quickly became one of the United States' most successful public information operations conducted against the Soviet Bloc. Nicholas Schlosser examines how the RIAS fast became one of the most trusted sources for news inside East Germany during a dynamic period following World War II that included the Berlin Airlift, the East German rising of 1954, and building of the Berlin Wall. Drawing on a wealth of broadcast transcripts, internal memoranda, listener letters, and surveys of East Germans by the U.S. Information Agency, he attributes RIAS's success to its conscious effort to balance accuracy with partisanship. Claiming objective journalism, RIAS reporters nevertheless used the language, style, and tone of neutral broadcasting to openly attack the Soviet Union and undermine the GDR's legitimacy. Through information from East German citizens visiting or escaping to West Berlin, the reporters broadcast stories to counter official statements from East Germany's ruling party, reported on bad economic conditions, and encouraged listeners to oppose the GDR. Thus, as with other U.S. anticommunist public information programs, RIAS attempted to resolve the inherent contradictions of conducting a propaganda operation in name of creating a democratic society built upon an objective press"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aRadio broadcasting$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRadio broadcasting$xPolitical aspects$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPropaganda, American$zGermany (East)$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zGermany (East) 607 $aGermany (East)$xRelations$zUnited States 615 0$aRadio broadcasting$xHistory 615 0$aRadio broadcasting$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPropaganda, American$xHistory. 676 $a384.54/530943155409045 686 $aSOC052000$aHIS037070$aPOL005000$2bisacsh 700 $aSchlosser$b Nicholas J.$01177600 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821470903321 996 $aCold war on the airwaves$94015699 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$52.50$u11/17/2016$5Eng