Radio and the Great Debate over U.S. involvement in World War II

• Verfasst von: Byrnes, Mark S. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Radio and the Great Debate over U.S. involvement in World War II
• Verf.angabe: Mark S. Byrnes
• Verlagsort: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: [2023]
• Umfang: v, 373 Seiten
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9855-2
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Zweiter Weltkrieg / (s)Kriegseintritt / (s)Isolationismus / (s)Neutralität / (s)Außenpolitik / (s)Öffentliche Meinung / (s)Rundfunk / (z)Geschichte
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Byrnes, Mark S: Radio and the great debate over US involvement in World War II. - Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Byrnes, Mark S., 1961 - : Radio and the great debate over U.S. involvement in World War II. - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2023. - 1 online resource (v, 373 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 1815924071

Abstract

Introduction : Go on the air -- A democracy of the air -- Getting away with the selling of time -- A program of radio education -- Radio is the most effective medium of reaching the people -- Arsenal of democracy? -- Popular screen stars of Hollywood -- Some machinery for propaganda -- Radio : intervention's trump -- Commentators : the public decides -- The Great Debate's debates -- The masquerade is over -- A moral force or a gargantuan jest? -- Now the mask is off -- Conclusion : We Americans have determined our course.

Abstract

"The debate over US involvement in World War II was a turning point in the history of both US foreign policy and radio. In this book the author argues that the debate's historical significance cannot be fully appreciated unless these stories are understood in relation rather than in isolation"--