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Radio Goes to War: The Cultural Politics of Propaganda during World War II Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition
by Horten, Gerd
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- Title Radio Goes to War: The Cultural Politics of Propaganda during World War II
- Author Horten, Gerd
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 232
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
- Date 2003-10-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0520240618.G
- ISBN 9780520240612 / 0520240618
- Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 8.96 x 6.08 x 0.67 in (22.76 x 15.44 x 1.70 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001005279
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.548
First line
In the late 1930s, radio was no longer young.
From the rear cover
"By focusing on the medium of radio during World War II, Horten has provided us with a window into an important change in radio broadcasting that has previously been ignored by historians. The depth of research, the book's contribution to our understanding of radio and the war make Radio Goes to War an outstanding work."--Lary May, author of The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way
"Radio broadcasting, and its impact on American life, still remains a neglected area of our national history. Radio Goes to War demonstrates conclusively how short-sighted that omission is. As we enter what is sure to be another era of contested claims of government control over freedom of speech, the controversies and compromises of wartime broadcasting sixty years ago provide an ominous example of difficult decisions to be made in the future. The alliance of big business, advertising, and wartime propaganda that Horten so convincingly illuminates takes on a heightened significance, especially as this relationship has tightened in the last several decades. When radio and television go to war again, will they follow the same course? This is cautionary reading for our new century."--Michele Hilmes, author of Radio Voices: American Broadcasting 1922-1952
"Radio broadcasting, and its impact on American life, still remains a neglected area of our national history. Radio Goes to War demonstrates conclusively how short-sighted that omission is. As we enter what is sure to be another era of contested claims of government control over freedom of speech, the controversies and compromises of wartime broadcasting sixty years ago provide an ominous example of difficult decisions to be made in the future. The alliance of big business, advertising, and wartime propaganda that Horten so convincingly illuminates takes on a heightened significance, especially as this relationship has tightened in the last several decades. When radio and television go to war again, will they follow the same course? This is cautionary reading for our new century."--Michele Hilmes, author of Radio Voices: American Broadcasting 1922-1952