Peter Von Zahn's Cold War Broadcasts to West Germany: Assessing America

By Eli Nathans

Book Overview

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part One: Propaganda and Journalism.- Chapter 2. Student and Soldier in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.- Chapter 3. Survival.- Chapter 4. Journalist at the Northwest German Radio Station.- Part Two: Networks and Contexts.- Chapter 5. Public Audiences and Official Networks.- Chapter 6. Critical Images of the United States in the Federal Republic.- Part Three: Peter von Zahn's America.- Chapter 7. Tradition and Modernity in American Culture and Society.- Chapter 8. American Public Opinion: Optimistic but often Ignorant.- Chapter 9. A Weak Executive, an Irresponsible Congress, and a Courageous Judiciary.- Chapter 10. From Understanding to Indignation: Zahn on American Racism and the Civil Rights Movement.- Part Four: Receptions.- Chapter 11. Audience Responses.- Chapter 12. A Difficult Return to West Germany 1964-2001.- Chapter 13. Conclusion.- Index

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319506145
• ISBN13: 9783319506142
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"