Nazi Wireless Propaganda : : Lord Haw-Haw and British Public Opinion in the Second World War / / Martin A. Doherty.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Doherty, Martin A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748613632);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 BritainKey FeaturesExposition of organisational structure of Nazi wireless for the UKDetailed analysis of style and content of propaganda broadcastsCareful and critical re-appraisal of British domestic morale and national unityCD insert of 24 recordings of Nazi broadcasters including William Joyce, John Amery, Edward Dietze, Norman Baillie-Stewart, Edward Bowlby and 'Black' propaganda broadcasts"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Schedule of German Broadcasts on Compact Disk Insert -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations used in the text -- Introduction -- 1. Organisation of Nazi Wireless Propaganda for the UK -- 2. Nazi Wireless Propaganda in the 'Phoney War' -- 3. Subversive Wireless Propaganda in Total War -- 4. Reactions in the UK to Nazi Wireless Propaganda -- 5. Propaganda in the Global Struggle -- 6. Nazi Wireless Propaganda in Collapse and Defeat -- 7. An Assessment of Germany's Wireless Propaganda for the UK in the Second World War -- Bibliography -- Index