{"product_id":"9781350105126","title":"Allied Communication to the Public During the Second World War National and Transnational Networks","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAllied Communication to the Public During the Second World War\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNational and Transnational Networks\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSimon Eliot | Marc Wiggam\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ Great Britain \/ 20th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Second World War, the home fronts of many countries became as important as the battle fronts. As governments tried to win and hold the trust of domestic and international audiences, communication became central to their efforts. This volume offers cutting-edge research by leading and emerging scholars on how information was used, distributed and received during the war. With a transnational approach encompassing Germany, Iberia, the Arab world and India, it demonstrates that the Second World War was as much a war of ideas and influence as one of machines and battles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimon Eliot, Marc Wiggam and the contributors address the main communication problems faced by Allied governments, including how to balance the free exchange of information with the demands of national security and wartime alliances, how to frame war aims differently for belligerent, neutral and imperial audiences and how to represent effectively a variety of communities in wartime propaganda. In doing so, they reveal the contested and transnational character of the ways in which information was conveyed during the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllied Communication during the Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e offers innovative and nuanced perspectives on the thin border between information and propaganda during this global war and will be vital reading for World War II and media historians alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Eliot\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of the History of the Book at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK. He is a general editor of \u003ci\u003eThe History of Oxford University Press\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the History of the Book \u003c\/i\u003e(2009), with Jonathan Rose. He has just directed an AHRC-funded project on the history of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarc Wiggam\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in International History at the University of Oslo. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Blackout in Britain and Germany, 1939–1945\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 November 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350105126\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332696834188,"sku":"9781350105126","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d7402a27-36bb-431f-a8c5-337eda7e5f23.jpg?v=1783605076","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350105126","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}