Cold War on the Airwaves: The Radio Propaganda War against by Nicholas J Schlosser PDF

By Nicholas J Schlosser

Founded as a counterweight to the Communist broadcasters in East Germany, Radio within the American quarter (RIAS) grew to become the most winning public info operations performed opposed to the Soviet Bloc. chilly conflict at the Airwaves examines the Berlin-based organization's historical past and impression at the political worldview of the people--and government--on the opposite part of the Iron Curtain. Nicholas Schlosser attracts on broadcast transcripts, inner memoranda, listener letters, and surveys through the U.S. details supplier to profile RIAS. Its project: to undermine the German Democratic Republic with propaganda that, satirically, won in efficiency through obeying the principles of target journalism. all through, Schlosser examines the friction inherent in the sort of contradictory venture and propaganda's position in shaping political tradition. He additionally portrays how RIAS's basically German employees motivated its outlook and the way the association either competed opposed to its opponents within the GDR and driven communist officers to change their tools with a purpose to maintain listeners. From the profession of Berlin throughout the airlift to the development of the Berlin Wall, chilly battle at the Airwaves deals an soaking up view of ways public international relations performed out at a flashpoint of East-West tension.

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