The Projection of Britain: British Overseas Publicity and Propaganda 1919 1939

by Philip M. Taylor

Book Overview

This book traces the origins and early development of what are today loosely termed Britain's Overseas Information Services. It examines how, at the end of the First World War, the British government came to forfeit the considerable lead it had established in propaganda since 1914, and the reasons why it had gradually to re-enter the field during the inter-war years as a direct response to totalitarianism. It surveys the pioneering work of the Foreign...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521046416
• ISBN13: 9780521046411
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"