Britain, America and Anti-Communist Propaganda 1945-53
The Information Research Department
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19946540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Defty (0000-0001-7627-003X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Pages | 308 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Britain, America & Anti-Communist Propaganda 1945 - 53 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780203495193 |
| OpenAlex | W4205220784 |
| Open Library | OL33658036M |
| ISBN | 9780203495193 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
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
Communism · Economic history · Political science · Politics · European history and politics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · 1945-1961 · 20th century · Cold war · Foreign Office · foreign relations · Great britain · Information Research Dept · Propaganda, american · Propaganda, anticommunist · Propaganda, british · united states
Resetting journalism in the aftermath of Brexit and Trump
Anti-Communism in Britain During the Early Cold War
The Making of Balance-of-Power—Power Asymmetry, Domestic Politics, and the Making of Balancing Practices
The “special relationship,” and the overseas Chinese
‘A cuckoo in the diplomatic service nest’
“A Vast Publicity Exercise”
How RT frames conflict
Propaganda on wheels
Confronting Peaceful Co-existence
Enlightening Public Opinion’
Anti-communist films sponsored by the US government in Singapore and Malaya
Moulding Western European Identity
Auntie Goes to War Again
The Soft Power of Anglia
Implacable Enemies’? The Labour Party and the intelligence community in 1920s Britain
Reluctant liars? Public debates on propaganda and democracy in twentieth-century Britain (ca. 1914–1950)
For club, country, and capitalism? Footballers’ autobiographies and the political and moral economies of post-war Britain
Avoiding (unwanted) departures
What role did (anti-)communism play in Dutch postwar cultural policies? The relationship between the art world and security in the Netherlands, 1945–1952
Containment and Engagement
Steps towards a therapeutic artificial intelligence
The currency of covert action
The Rooting Out of Mau Mau From the Minds of the Kikuyu Is a Formidable Task’
The geographies of the Information Research Department
British criminology, undercover policing, and racist attacks
LO og supermaktene
Crossing points and connecting lines
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,35 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |