Nazi Wireless Propaganda: Lord Haw-Haw and British Public Opinion in the Second World War (International Communications) - Softcover

Doherty, Martin A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748613633 ISBN 13: 9780748613632

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This is the first book devoted exclusively to the analysis of the Nazis' radio effort against the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It traces the development of the German propaganda service and looks to erode the myth surrounding Lord Haw-Haw -the 'superpropagandist'. Propaganda is presented in context: the purposes behind it, the changing patterns, themes, styles, and techniques employed, and the impact upon the target audience and its morale. An analysis of the Nazi wireless broadcasts to Britain for the whole of the Second World War reveals a sophisticated and intelligent propaganda assault on the social and economic fabric of British society. In the end the British failed to succumb to the stupefying effects of Nazi propaganda and they traditionally congratulate themselves upon the national unity which immunised them against it. The author argues that this traditional view disguises a more complex, less appealing reality.Free CDIncludes a CD of 24 German wartime broadcasts to Bri

About this title

About the Author:

Martin Doherty is lecturer in modern history at the University of Westminster in International Communications.

Review:

"Doherty provides a revisionist interpretation of the impact of Nazi propaganda without overstepping his sources."

"Doherty provides a revisionist interpretation of the impact of Nazi propaganda without overstepping his sources."

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0748613633
• ISBN 13: 9780748613632
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224