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1 online resource (x, 253 pages) |
| Summary |
"From its inception in 1932, overseas broadcasting by the BBC quickly became an essential adjunct to British diplomatic and foreign policy objectives. For this reason, the World Service was considered the primary means of engaging with attitudes and opinions behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Although funded by government Grant-in-Aid, the Service's editorial independence was enshrined in the BBC's Charter, Licence and Agreement. London Calling explores the delicate balance of power that lay in the relations between Whitehall and the World Service during the Cold War. This book also assesses the nature and impact of the World Service's programmes on listeners living in the Eastern bloc countries. In doing so, it traces the evolution of overseas broadcasting from Britain alongside the political, diplomatic and fiscal challenges that the country faced right up to the Suez crisis and the 1956 Hungarian uprising. These were defining experiences for the United Kingdom's international broadcaster that, as a consequence, helped shape and define the BBC World Service as we know it today. London Calling is an important study for anyone interested in the media and foreign policy histories of Great Britain or the history of the Cold War more generally"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One From Total War to Cold War; Chapter 1 Planning for Peace; Chapter 2 The Home Front; Chapter 3 The Cold War Challenge; Part Two Through the Iron Curtain; Chapter 4 The Imagined Audience; Broadcasting in Russian; Broadcasting to Central and Eastern Europe; Chapter 5 The Radio Arms Race; Jamming and counter-jamming; BBC Monitoring Service; Part Three Global Reach; Chapter 6 A World Service; Western Union broadcasting; Chapter 7 Austerity; Drogheda; Part Four Battlefields. |
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Chapter 8 The Soviet ChallengeCultural rapprochement; Indicators of change; Chapter 9 Hungary; Broadcast revolution; Audience and influence; Chapter 10 Suez; Broadcasting to the Middle East; Controlling tendency; The firing line; End of an era; Reflections; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. |
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| Local Note |
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BBC World Service.
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BBC World Service |
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International broadcasting -- Great Britain -- History.
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Cold War.
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British & Irish history. |
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Media studies. |
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000. |
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommunications. |
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International broadcasting |
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Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP |
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Cold War (1945-1989) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbvhYhcM6fy9r83JBX |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Webb, Alban. London calling. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014 9781472515018 (DLC) 2013050516 (OCoLC)857879263 |
| ISBN |
9781472515032 (electronic bk.) |
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147251503X (electronic bk.) |
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9781472515018 (hardback) |
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1472515013 (hardback) |
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9781472515025 (epub) |
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9781472512451 |
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1472512456 |
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9781474210799 |
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1474210791 |
| Standard No. |
10.5040/9781474210799 |
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