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100	1		_aWebb, Alban _eAuteur _4070 _9352725
245	1	0	_aLondon calling _h[Texte imprimé] : _bBritain, the BBC World Service, and the cold war / _cAlban Webb
260			_aLondon ; _aNew Delhi ; _aNew York : _bBloomsbury Publishing, _c2014
300			_a1 vol. (X-253 p.) : _bcouv. ill. ; _c24 cm
520			_a"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 Service's programmes on listeners living in the Eastern bloc countries. In doing so, it traces the evolution of overseas broadcasting from Britain alongside the political, diplomatic and fiscal challenges that the country faced right up to the Suez crisis and the 1956 Hungarian uprising. These were defining experiences for the United Kingdom's international broadcaster that, as a consequence, helped shape and define the BBC World Service as we know it today. London Calling is an important study for anyone interested in the media and foreign policy histories of Great Britain or the history of the Cold War more generally"-- _cProvided by publisher
504			_aBibliogr. p. [235]-242
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction \ Part I - From Total War to Cold War \ 1. Planning for Peace \ 2. The Home Front \ 3. The Cold War Challenge \ Part II - Inter-National Service \ 4. The Imagined Audience \ 5. The Radio Arms Race \ Part III - Global Reach \ 6. Mapping the Cold War \ 7. Austerity Britain \ Part IV - Battlefields \ 8. The Soviet Challenge \ 9. Hungary \ 10. Suez \ Conclusion \ Bibliography \ Index
653			_aInternational broadcasting--Great Britain--History
653			_aCold War
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