BRITAIN, AMERICA AND ANTI-COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA 1945-53 by Andrew Defty ( 9780714654430 )

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BRITAIN, AMERICA AND ANTI-COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA 1945-53
THE INFORMATION RESEARCH DEPARTMENT

By:

Andrew Defty

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0714654434

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9780714654430

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

29 July, 2004

Series:

Studies in Intelligence

Pages:

312

Description:

This book demonstrates that propoganda was a primary concern of the postwar governments of Clement Atlee and Winston Churchill and traces the implementation of Britain's propoganda policy at all levels.

Synopsis:

In the Cold War battle for hearts and minds Britain was the first country to formulate a coordinated global response to communist propaganda. In January 1948, the British government launched a new propaganda policy designed to 'oppose the inroads of communism' by taking the offensive against it.' A small section in the Foreign Office, the innocuously titled Information Research Department (IRD), was established to collate information on communist policy, tactics and propaganda, and coordinate the discreet dissemination of counter-propaganda to opinion formers at home and abroad.

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black & white illustrations

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Frank Cass Publishers

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