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Beware the British serpent : the role of writers in British propaganda in the United States, 1939-1945 /

During World War II, the United States was the target of what Gore Vidal has called "the largest, most intricate and finally most successful conspiracy directed at it in the twentieth century"--Great Britain's "vast conspiracy to manoeuvre an essentially isolationist country into...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Calder, Robert, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:During World War II, the United States was the target of what Gore Vidal has called "the largest, most intricate and finally most successful conspiracy directed at it in the twentieth century"--Great Britain's "vast conspiracy to manoeuvre an essentially isolationist country into the war." In Beware the British Serpent Robert Calder examines British writers' involvement in this propaganda campaign, including lecturing and touring in the United States, broadcasting on American radio, writing screenplays for films such as Mrs. Miniver and This Above All, and writing articles and books for publication in America
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-300) and index.
ISBN:9780773571792
0773571795
0773526889
9780773526884
1282861735
9781282861732
9786612861734
6612861738