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Britain's secret propaganda war /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lashmar, Paul
Other Authors: Oliver, James
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton Pub., 1998.
Subjects:
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1945-
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Communist countries.
Communist countries > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain. > Foreign and Commonwealth Office. > Information Research Department. > History.
Anti-communist movements > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Propaganda, Anti-communist.
Propaganda, British.
Cold War.
Intelligence service > Great Britain.
Propaganda, Anti-communist > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1945-
Table of Contents:
  • Indonesia: prelude to slaughter
  • 'Lies and treachery': the origins of IRD
  • Origins of the Cold War
  • A crusade begins
  • Korea: a hot war in a cold war
  • Offensive: into the 1950s
  • Nothing but the truth: IRD and the BBC
  • The medium is the message: IRD and MI6
  • Agencies of change: the news agency network
  • Imperial adventures: IRD and the colonies
  • Spreading the word: IRD publishes
  • Internal affairs: IRD's domestic campaigns
  • IRD's fellow travellers
  • A mirror image: the CIA
  • The fat years: the 1960s
  • Indian summer: IRD and the EEC
  • Painting it red: IRD and Northern Ireland
  • The fall.