Title: The information front :
Authors: Balzer, Timothy,
Date: 2011
Publisher: UBC Press,
Physical description: xii, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: U
Abstract: "The Information front explores the Canadian military's use of public relations units to manage news during the Second World War. These specialized units, composed mostly of former journalists, were responsible for providing sufficient and positive news coverage to Canadians at home. This ... study traces the transformation of an emergent PR organization into an efficient publicity machine. It also scrutinizes new coverage and PR activities during major Canadian operations at Dieppe, Sicily, and Normandy to reveal how the military used censorship and propaganda to rally support for the war effort"--Page 4 of cover.
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.
Subject headings (LCSH): Armed Forces and mass media--Canada--History--20th century.; Canada. Canadian Army--Public relations--History--20th century.; Propaganda, Canadian--History--20th century.; World War, 1939-1945--Canada--Propaganda.; World War, 1939-1945--Press coverage--Canada.; World War, 1939-1945--Press coverage.; World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.