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London Calling: Britain, the BBC World Service and the Cold War
Dr Alban Webb
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Description for London Calling: Britain, the BBC World Service and the Cold War
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474227490
SKU
V9781474227490
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Ref
99-50
About Dr Alban Webb
Alban Webb is a historian and Lecturer in Digital Humanities at the University of Sussex, UK. He is also Associate on the Cold War Studies Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
Reviews for London Calling: Britain, the BBC World Service and the Cold War
Webb guides the reader through the intricacies of FO and BBC politics with great verve. He uses the BBC Written Archives (which are rarely consulted by historians) to tremendous effect ... Scholarly and accessible, London Calling is a fine read and a worthy winner of the Longman-History Today Book Prize.
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