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Secrets of victory : the Office of Censorship and the American press and radio in World War II / Michael S. Sweeney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sweeney, Michael S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Office of Censorship.
- World War, 1939-1945--Censorship--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- United States. Office of Censorship--History.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Focusing on the civilian Office of Censorship and Censorship Director Byron Price, Sweeney traces the development of news media censorship from a pressing necessity after the attack on Pearl Harbor to the centralized yet efficient bureaucracy that persuaded thousands of journalists to censor themselves for the sake of national security.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807825980
- 0807849146
- OCLC:
- 44420454
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