Cold-War Propaganda in the 1950s

This text concerns the origins, organization and method of British, American and Soviet propaganda during the 1950s. It discusses propaganda’s international and domestic dimensions, and charts the development of a shared Cold War culture. The book demonstrates how the structures of propaganda which were organized at this time endured, giving shape and meaning to the remaining years of the Cold War.

Author Biography

RICHARD ALDRICH Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Nottingham
SUSAN CARRUTHERS Lecturer in the Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
EDWARD HERMAN Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
W. SCOTT LUCAS Head of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham
Professor GUY OAKES Jack T. Kvernland Chair at Monmouth University
GRAHAM ROBERTS Lecturer in the Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds.
TONY SHAW Lecturer in Modern History at Hertfordshire University
HOWARD SMITH Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds, and is a former BBC current affairs producer
RICHARD STITES Professor of Russian History at Georgetown University
PHILIP M. TAYLOR Reader in International Communication and he Deputy Director of the Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds