Cold-War Propaganda in the 1950s

by Gary D. Rawnsley

Overview

This volume concerns the origins, organisation and method of British, American and Soviet propaganda during the 1950s. Drawing upon a range of archival material which has only been accessible to researchers in the last few years, the authors discuss propaganda's international and domestic dimensions, and chart the development of a shared Cold War culture. They demonstrate how the structures of propaganda which were organised at this time endured, giving shape and meaning to the remaining years of the Cold War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349270842
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1999
Edition description:	1st ed. 1999
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

RICHARD ALDRICH Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Nottingham SUSAN CARRUTHERS Lecturer in the Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth EDWARD HERMAN Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania W. SCOTT LUCAS Head of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham Professor GUY OAKES Jack T. Kvernland Chair at Monmouth University GRAHAM ROBERTS Lecturer in the Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds. TONY SHAW Lecturer in Modern History at Hertfordshire University HOWARD SMITH Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds, and is a former BBC current affairs producer RICHARD STITES Professor of Russian History at Georgetown University PHILIP M. TAYLOR Reader in International Communication and he Deputy Director of the Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; G.D.Rawnsley Beyond Diplomacy: Propaganda and the History of the Cold War; W.S.Lucas The Campaign of Truth: A Populist Propaganda; G.D.Rawnsley 'Not Just Washed But Dry-Cleaned: Korea and the Brainwashing Scare of the 1950s; S.Carruthers The Family Under Nuclear Attack: American Civil Defense Propaganda in the 1950s; G.Oakes Heaven and Hell: Soviet Propaganda Constructs the World; R.Stites A Cinema of Suspicion or a Suspicion of Cinema; G.Roberts British Feature Films and the Early Cold War; T.Shaw Have They Changed at All? The Portrayal of Germany in BBC Television Programmes, 1946-1955; H.Smith The BBC External Services and the Hungarian Uprising; G.D.Rawnsley The Struggle for the Mind of European Youth: The CIA and European Movement Propaganda, 1948-60; R.J.Aldrich Returning Guatemala to the Fold; E.Herman Through a Glass Darkly?: The Psychological Climate and Psychological Warfare of the Cold War; P.M.Taylor

Editorial Reviews

A collection of 12 papers which examine the importance of British, United States, and Soviet efforts to manipulate public and political opinion at home and abroad. Subjects include the Soviet and British uses of cinema, the uniformity of Soviet propaganda, American efforts to mobilize opinion behind the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, and the propaganda uses of nuclear civil defense training. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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