Britain's secret propaganda war
By: Paul Lashmar & James Oliver.
Contributors: Oliver, James, 1970-
Publisher: Sutton Pub.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Information Research Dept. -- History.; Communist countries -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.; Anti-communist movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Propaganda, Anti-communist.; Propaganda, British.; Cold War.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Communist countries.
Other titles: Britain's secret propaganda war 1948-1977
Description: The Foreign Office's Information Research Department was set up under the Labour Government in 1948 & financed from the Secret Intelligence Service budget. The authors discuss the impact of IRD, and question the morality of sly propaganda in a democracy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-213) and index.
Table of contents: title: Indonesia: prelude to slaughter; title: 'Lies and treachery': the origins of IRD; title: Origins of the Cold War; title: A crusade begins; title: Korea: a hot war in a cold war; title: Offensive: into the 1950s; title: Nothing but the truth: IRD and the BBC; title: The medium is the message: IRD and MI6; title: Agencies of change: the news agency network; title: Imperial adventures: IRD and the colonies; title: Spreading the word: IRD publishes; title: Internal affairs: IRD's domestic campaigns; title: IRD's fellow travellers; title: A mirror image: the CIA; title: The fat years: the 1960s; title: Indian summer: IRD and the EEC; title: Painting it red: IRD and Northern Ireland; title: The fall.