Secrets of Victory
Subtitle: The Office of Censorship and the American Press and Radio in World War II
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 2, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780807849149
Subjects: Censorship; Communication Studies; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military - World War II; History: American; History - Military / War; United States - 20th Century; USA; Military Science; Journalism; Media Studies; History / Military / World War II; Language Arts & Disciplines-Journalism; Social Science-Media Studies; national security; American news media; right to know; First Amendment; Code of Wartime Practices; atomic bomb; World War, 1939-1945; History; Office of Censorship; United States; United States
First sentence: Four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, as a formality, Byron Price requested a ruling from the Justice Department on whether as director of the Office of Censorship he could censor or close America's radiotelegraph companies.