Cold War on the Airwaves: The Radio Propaganda War against East Germany
Nicholas J Schlosser
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Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1KBB; HBTW; JPS; JPVN; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 544.
Founded as a counterweight to the Communist broadcasters in East Germany, Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) became one of the most successful public information operations conducted against the Soviet Bloc. Cold War on the Airwaves examines the Berlin-based organization's history and influence on the political worldview of the people--and government--on the other side of the Iron Curtain.
Founded as a counterweight to the Communist broadcasters in East Germany, Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) became one of the most successful public information operations conducted against the Soviet Bloc. Cold War on the Airwaves examines the Berlin-based organization's history and influence on the political worldview of the people--and government--on the other side of the Iron Curtain.
Nicholas J. Schlosser draws on broadcast transcripts, internal memoranda, listener letters, and surveys by the U.S. Information Agency to profile RIAS. Its mission: to undermine the German Democratic Republic with propaganda that, ironically, gained in potency by obeying the rules of objective ... Read more
From the occupation of Berlin through the airlift to the construction of the Berlin Wall, Cold War on the Airwaves offers an absorbing view of how public diplomacy played out at a flashpoint of East-West tension.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252039690
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V9780252039690
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About Nicholas J Schlosser
Nicholas J. Schlosser is a historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History. He received his bachelor's degree from Binghamton University in 2002 and his doctorate in history from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2008. He is the coeditor of Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond.
Reviews for Cold War on the Airwaves: The Radio Propaganda War against East Germany
"Extensively annotated and superbly researched. . . . Schlosser has made an important contribution to the field of radio study by creating a tremendous "first stop" for researchers with an interest in the topic."
American Journalism "This is the type of study propaganda historians have been waiting for. Schlosser writes a compelling narrative of one of the Cold War's ... Read more
American Journalism "This is the type of study propaganda historians have been waiting for. Schlosser writes a compelling narrative of one of the Cold War's ... Read more