The Echo of War: Home Front Propaganda and the Wartime Bbc, 1939-45

By Sian Nicholas

This text investigates the central role played by the BBC in sustaining civilian morale in Britain during World War II. Using BBC archives and contemporary public opinion research, it contrasts government-directed propaganda with the BBC's own atttempts to boost morale, demonstrating radio's essential function in that process.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719046084
• ISBN13: 9780719046087
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 5.8"