Totalitarian by Consent: Press, Politics and the 'People's War', 1939-45

This book explores the role of the British press during the Second World War. Whilst the Second World War is a well-research period of British history, the role of the British press in it has been strangely neglected. This book seeks to fill that lacuna by exploring the political role of the press and its relationship with the British Government. In so doing, this monograph explores the different aspects of the press’ political coverage, namely; the national press’ reporting of wartime gov...