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[US & CA version]. |
| Description |
1 online resource (178 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; PROLOGUE; 1 : LIFE IN 1938/9; 2 : THE POSTAL CENSORSHIP; 3 : INTERNAL CENSORSHIP UNITS; 4 : 'THE RADIO DEPARTMENT': HOW IT WORKED; 5 : THE BRITISH AND THE VIPS; 6 : THE AMERICANS AND CANADIANS; 7 : THE RUSSIANS; 8 : THE GERMANS; 9 : A SECURITY CATASTROPHE; 10 : 'SIGSALY'; 11 : A VISIT TO AN RAF AIRFIELD & CHANGES IN DEPARTMENT POLICY; 12 : CALLS TO REMEMBER; 13 : END OF AN ERA; LIFESTYLE NOTES; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & SOURCE MATERIAL; APPENDIX: CHURCHILL DOCUMENTS; Copyright; Plates. |
| Summary |
During the second World War, the only way Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt could communicate was through a top secret transatlantic telephone link. Ruth Ive, a young stenographer working in the Ministry of Information, had the job of censoring the line. This title describes the details of her story. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Ive, Ruth.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Telephone calls.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Telephone calls.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmtwTh3qTFFbMpfHFfjG3 |
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhX99Qw9pTMJ4vPHGXWXd |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Censorship.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Censorship |
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World War (1939-1945) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Personal Narrative
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives -- British
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Personal narratives.
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| ISBN |
9780752460949 (electronic bk.) |
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0752460943 (electronic bk.) |
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