Ian McLaine
Autor/a de Ministry of Morale: Home Front Morale and the Ministry of Information in World War II
Obres de Ian McLaine
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Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- male
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 1
- Membres
- 11
- Popularitat
- #857,862
- Valoració
- 3.0
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 6
However a fascinating insight into how we dealt with morale and propaganda during the war and how the ruling classes views and prejudices shaped both what was being discussed and how. There was also a somewhat quaint belief in what might be described as "men of character and influence" in local areas, such as the doctor, that might be read now as the "community leaders" we hear about any time there's an incident.
The book was written in 1979 and of itself is a product of its time - I read it almost a long after publication as the period between the events its describing and it being written. It does make we wonder what a modern propagandist or marketer might think if reviewing the Departments work nowadays.… (més)