基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1992.
Full Description
The origin and growth of information broadcasting (chiefly of propaganda) by radio - most renowned for its prominence in World War II and the Cold War - is outlined. The author chronicles the technological and engineering achievements that enabled long-range broadcasting to develop, but keeps them in the context of the social and political environment of the day. The appeal of the book is by no means restricted to scientists and engineers, and many will find much to stir their own memories of international radio broadcasts in wartime and peacetime alike.
Contents
Part 1 Birth of a mediumpropaganda broadcasting. Part 2 A weapon of war: British WWII propaganda; Nazi broadcasting; US wartime broadcasting; Japanese broadcasting in the Pacific; the Cold War; the voice of America. Part 3 Radio as an instrument of foreign policy: high power transmission; jamming; the BBC World Service; the CIA; the collapse of communism; the Arab world; religious broadcasting; future of international AM broadcasting.
