Nazi wireless propaganda : Lord Haw-Haw and British public opinion in the Second World War / M.A. Doherty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doherty, M. A. (Martin A.)

Series:

International communications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nazi propaganda.

Radio in propaganda--Germany.

Radio in propaganda.

World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.

World War, 1939-1945.

Propaganda.

Propaganda, German--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Propaganda, German.

History.

Germany--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Germany.

International relations.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Germany.

Physical Description:

xvi, 205 pages ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2000]

Summary:

This is the first book devoted exclusively to the analysis of the Nazis' radio effort against the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Propaganda is presented in context: the purposes behind it, the changing patterns, themes, styles, and techniques employed, and the impact upon the target audience and its morale. An analysis of the Nazi wireless broadcasts to Britain for the whole of the Second World War reveals a sophisticated and intelligent propaganda assault on the social and economic fabric of British society. In the end the British failed to succumb to the stupefying effects of Nazi propaganda and they traditionally congratulate themselves upon the national unity which immunised them against it. The author argues that this traditional view disguises a more complex, less appealing reality.

Notes:

Sound disc contains 24 German wartime broadcasts to Britain.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-198) and index.

ISBN:

0748613706

0748613633

OCLC:

47283409