British Propaganda in the Twentieth Century Selling Democracy,9780748610402

British Propaganda in the Twentieth Century Selling Democracy

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ISBN13: 9780748610402
ISBN10: 0748610405
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-06-28
Publisher(s): Edinburgh University Press
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Summary

Written by an internationally renowned expert in the field, this book examines the evolution of British propaganda practice during the course of the twentieth century. It covers the period from the First World War to the present day, including discussions of recent developments in information warfare and analyses of film, radio, television, and the press, while placing the British experience within a wider international context. The book demonstrates how Britain has established a model for democratic propaganda world-wide. This is the first volume in the new International Communications series, edited by Philip M. Taylor.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
Section One: The Experience of the Great War, 1914-18 1(62)
Opening Pandora's Box: The Battle for Control of British Propaganda, 1914-18
5(30)
Propaganda and Diplomacy
6(5)
The Bureaucratic Battle for Power
11(6)
Enter the Politicians
17(4)
Enter the Press Barons
21(3)
Intelligence, Propaganda and Foreign Policy
24(3)
Elite versus Mass Opinion
27(8)
Targeting Elite Opinion: The War Propaganda Bureau at Wellington House, 1914-17
35(14)
Targeting the American Elite
35(3)
The Cult of Secrecy
38(3)
The Task Completed
41(2)
The Legacy of Wellington House
43(6)
Targeting Mass Opinion: Crewe House, Psywar and British Propaganda against the Central Powers in 1918
49(14)
The Politics of Propaganda
49(4)
Psywar Origins: The Snake
53(1)
One Rabbit: Germany
54(2)
Another Rabbit: Austria-Hungary
56(2)
Damned with Faint Praise
58(5)
Section Two: The Dawning of `Public Diplomacy' in the age of Mass Communications, 1919-39 63(88)
The Projection of Britain Between the Wars
66(22)
Forfeiting the Initiative
67(6)
Re-entering the Field
73(3)
The British Council
76(2)
Moral Rearmament
78(10)
A Call to Arms: Psychological Rearmament
88(26)
The Politics of British Rearmament
88(2)
Propaganda and Democracy, 1918-35
90(3)
Public Opinion, Rearmament and the Media
93(2)
The Newsreels
95(2)
The BBC
97(3)
The Preliminary Phase, 1934-35
100(1)
The Second Phase, 1936-38
101(6)
The Third Phase, 1938-39
107(2)
The Illusions Exposed
109(5)
Handling the Unavowable: Propaganda and Psychological Warfare, 1935-40
114(37)
Fears and Constraints
115(1)
Propaganda by Committee
116(5)
The Munich Dress Rehearsal
121(2)
'An Improper Use of Broadcasting'?
123(3)
Black Propaganda
126(2)
International Broadcasting
128(3)
The Shadow World of Black Propaganda
131(5)
Gearing Up for War
136(3)
Deja Vu
139(12)
Section Three: Total War and Total Propaganda, 1939-45 151(74)
Blue-Pencil Warriors: The British Wartime Censorship System, 1939-45
153(23)
The Other Side of the Coin
153(7)
The Mechanics of British Censorship
160(1)
The Mol and Fleet Street: Press Censorship
161(3)
The Mol and Wardour Street: Film Censorship
164(4)
The Mol and Broadcasting House: Radio Censorship
168(3)
Unnatural Allies
171(5)
Film as a Weapon during the Second World War
176(16)
Film Propaganda
177(3)
`Gone with the Wind Up'?
180(2)
Military Resistance
182(3)
Film Projection
185(2)
The Golden Age of British Cinema
187(5)
`Breaking the German Will to Resist': Allied Efforts to End the Second World War in Europe by Non-Military Means, 1944-45
192(33)
Eisenhower's Request
193(2)
Allied Psywar Organisation and Capabilities in 1944
195(5)
The German Target
200(2)
Ongoing Allied Psywar Activities
202(2)
New Initiatives: Periwig and Matchbox
204(4)
Other Initiatives: Casement and Capricorn
208(3)
The Capitulation of Germany
211(2)
Conclusions
213(12)
Section Four: Propaganda and Decline in the Post-war World, 1945-91 225(33)
Power, Public Opinion and the Propaganda of Decline: The British Information Services and the Cold War, 1945-57
227(16)
Challenges for Democracy
228(1)
A Permanent Information Policy
229(4)
Post-war Retrenchment
233(3)
Covert Propaganda
236(7)
The Enduring Tensions of Democratic Propaganda in the Information Age
243(15)
The Advertising Age and Popular Culture
243(6)
Northern Ireland
249(2)
The Falklands War of 1982
251(2)
The Gulf War of 1991
253(5)
Conclusion: The New Propaganda: Psychological and Information Operations 258(3)
Bibliography 261(9)
Index 270

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