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Genre/Form: | Electronic book Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Balzer, Timothy. Information front : the Canadian Army and news management during the second World War. Vancouver : UBC Press, [2011] xii, 255 pages ; 24 cm. (DLC) 10831339 (OCoLC)694225424 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Timothy Balzer |
ISBN: | 9780774819015 0774819014 0774819006 9780774819008 1280777834 9781280777837 |
OCLC Number: | 872674590 |
Description: | 1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations. |
Contents: | The beginnings : the growth of Canadian Army PR and policy, September 1939 to June 1943 -- Trial and error : Sicily and Italy, July 1943 to June 1944 -- The publicity machine : the Northwest Europe Campaign and beyond, June 1944 to May 1945 -- "Sugaring the pill" : selling Dieppe to Canadians -- Public relations triumph, press relations debacle : the Invasion of Sicily -- Murder, massacre, and friendly fire : three Normandy case studies. |
Series Title: | Studies in Canadian military history. |
Responsibility: | Timothy Balzer. |
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A well-researched and well-thought out study of how the Army's public relations apparatus functioned during the greatest war in Canadian history ... Balzer's is a most interesting book, a fine academic study that deserves a wide readership. -- J.L. Granatstein * Canadian Military Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, Spring 2012 * A thorough, balanced, and thoughtful examination of how the Canadian Army used censorship and propaganda to rally Canadians behind World War II. -- Jim DeBrosse, Ohio University * Journalism History, 37:2 (Summer 2011) * Read more...


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