Frequencies of deceit : how global propaganda wars shaped the Middle East /
"On June 8, 1967, Egypt's most famous radio broadcaster, Ahmed Said, reported that Egyptian, Syrian, and Jordanian forces had defeated the Israeli army in the Sinai, had hobbled their British and US allies, and were liberating Palestine. It was a lie. For the rest of his life, populations...
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The rise of a "Radioyazik" : British and Soviet radio in the post-war Middle East
- The resonance machine is born : the fight for Palestine, the battle for Israel
- "Imagine, O Arabs!" : Voice of the Arabs and the rise of Egyptian radio
- The power of peace : Radio Moscow and the shaping of the audio landscape
- The echo chamber : the Americans enter the fight
- Britain's struggle for air : the sounds of a dwindling empire
- The eleventh hour : the audiosphere prepares for war
- Cacophany : the crisis of Suez
- Frequencies of deceit : language and the crisis of truth in the 1960s Middle East
- "Poisonous propaganda or productive progress to peace" : 1967 and the collapse of the audiosphere
- Conclusion.