Auntie's War: The BBC during the Second World War

Edward Stourton

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2017

0857523325 / 9780857523327

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BBC RADIO 4 'BOOK OF THE WEEK' The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British institution unlike any other, and its story during the Second World War is also our story. This was Britains first total war, engaging the whole nation, and the wireless played a crucial role in it. For the first time, news of the conflict reached every living room sometimes almost as it happened; and at key moments Chamberlains announcement of war, the Blitz, the D-Day landings the BBC was there, defining how these events would pass into our collective memory. Aunties War is a love letter to radio. While these were the years when 'Auntie' the BBC's enduring nickname - earnt her reputation for bossiness, they were also a period of truly remarkable voices: Churchills fighting speeches, de Gaulles broadcasts from exile, J. B. Priestley, Ed Murrow, George Orwell, Richard Dimbleby and Vera Lynn. Radio offered an incomparable tool for propaganda; it was how coded messages, both political and personal, were sent across Europe, and it was a means of sending less than truthful information to the enemy. At the same time, eyewitness testimonies gave a voice to everyone, securing the BBCs reputation as reliable purveyor of the truth.Edward Stourton is a sharp-eyed, wry and affectionate companion on the BBCs wartime journey, investigating archives, diaries, letters and memoirs to examine what the BBC was and what it stood for. Full of astonishing, little-known incidents, battles with Whitehall warriors and Churchill himself, and with a cast of brilliant characters, Aunties War is much more than a portrait of a beloved institution at a critical time. It is also a unique portrayal of the British in wartime and an incomparable insight into why we have the broadcast culture we do today. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

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Titel
Auntie's War: The BBC during the Second World War
Autor
Edward Stourton
Verlag
Transworld Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, London
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
Zustand
Very Good
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0857523325
ISBN-13
9780857523327
Artikelgewicht
762 Gramm
Abmessungen
162.0 x 240.0

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