Exporting the First Amendment
Subtitle: the press-government crusade of 1945-1952
By: Margaret A. Blanchard.
Series: Longman series in public communication
Publisher: Longman
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
Subjects: Freedom of the press; Government and the press; Government and the press -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Foreign countries
Description: "In the aftermath of World War II, the United States State Department and various journalistic organizations joined forces in an attempt to attach statements guaranteeing American-style freedom of the press to certain peace treaties and to United Nations agreements. [Title] documents this controversial crusade. Drawing on State Department records, United Nations debates, personal papers, and journalistic accounts, the text describes how the press defined the issue of First Amendment international-policy aspirations. These aspirations provide grist for current free-press debates before UNESCO and are the focus of the arguments made in the controversy over the proposed New World Information Order."--Jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 421-423.
Includes index.