Title: Selling sea power : public relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1941 /
Authors: Wadle, Ryan, 1980-
Year: 2019
Subjects: United States. Public relations History; United States. History; United States.; Armed Forces and mass media United States.; Sea-power United States History; Armed Forces and mass media; Armed Forces Public relations; Sea-power; United States History, Naval; United States
Abstract: "Examines the complex links between the evolution of the art and industry of persuasion and the growth of the modern U.S. Navy, as well as the connections between the workings of communications and public relations and the command of military and political power"--
Contents: The limits of public relations : disarmament, air power, and the life and death of the Navy News Bureau, 1917-1922 -- Publicity and propaganda : Navy public relations, 1922-1927 -- A sustained publicity : Navy public relations, 1928-1932 -- "Compatible with military secrecy" : Navy public relations, 1933-1939 -- The finest qualities of American manhood : masculinity and manpower, 1919-1939 -- Replacing the familiar with the new : public perceptions of naval transformation, 1919-1939 -- The first line of defense : public definitions of the interwar Navy's mission -- Evaluating the effectiveness of Navy public relations on the eve of war.