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Selling Apartheid: South Africa´s Global Propaganda War
Ron Nixon
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Description for Selling Apartheid: South Africa´s Global Propaganda War
Paperback. Tells the story of South Africa's shocking propaganda campaign which sold apartheid across the world Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JPVL; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
This book lays bare the global propaganda war waged by the South African government in the attempt to bolster support for their apartheid regime. The world-wide campaign consisted of the government burnishing its image overseas, selling apartheid to the US and the UK in particular. Costing around $100 million annually, and run with vigourous efficiency for fifty years, the campaign drew in an elaborate network of supporters, including global corporations with business operations in South Africa, conservative religious organisations, and an unlikely coalition of liberal black clergy and anti-communist black conservatives aligned with right-wing Cold War ... Read more
This book lays bare the global propaganda war waged by the South African government in the attempt to bolster support for their apartheid regime. The world-wide campaign consisted of the government burnishing its image overseas, selling apartheid to the US and the UK in particular. Costing around $100 million annually, and run with vigourous efficiency for fifty years, the campaign drew in an elaborate network of supporters, including global corporations with business operations in South Africa, conservative religious organisations, and an unlikely coalition of liberal black clergy and anti-communist black conservatives aligned with right-wing Cold War ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745399140
SKU
V9780745399140
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About Ron Nixon
Ron Nixon is a Washington Correspondent for the New York Times. He is a visiting associate in the Department of Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Witwatersrand, where he teaches investigative reporting and data journalism. He is the author of Selling Apartheid (Pluto, 2016).
Reviews for Selling Apartheid: South Africa´s Global Propaganda War
'Essential'
Ron Jacobs, Counterpunch 'Meticulously unpacks the complex web of relationships and covert money flows that promoted South Africa's repressive policies. At a time of widening alarm over the onslaught of 'fake news', Nixon provides a disturbing exploration of the extreme lengths to which institutions can go to spread misinformation'
Minneapolis Star Tribune 'This is a tale of ... Read more
Ron Jacobs, Counterpunch 'Meticulously unpacks the complex web of relationships and covert money flows that promoted South Africa's repressive policies. At a time of widening alarm over the onslaught of 'fake news', Nixon provides a disturbing exploration of the extreme lengths to which institutions can go to spread misinformation'
Minneapolis Star Tribune 'This is a tale of ... Read more