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Zusatztext Philip Woods is one of the finest media historians of his generation. His brilliant book is delicately balanced, elegant, penetrating and meticulously researched. Woods holds to account squabbling politicians, journalists, propagandists, army generals and private soldiers. His saga of truth, lies, and the fog of war has become highly topical. Zusammenfassung This book explores how the media was used by the armed forces during the India-Burma campaigns of WWII to project the most positive image to domestic and international audiences of a war that often seemed neglected or misunderstood. Discussing how soldiers were, for the first time, able to access newspapers and radio broadcasts relating stories of the campaigns they were actively fighting in, Managing the Media in the India-Burma War reveals not only the impact that the media had in maintaining troop morale, but how the military recognised that the media could be a valuable arm of warfare. Revealing how troops responded to reports of their operations, Philip Woods demonstrates the role of the media in creating the ‘Forgotten Army’ syndrome, which came about in the last two years of the Burma campaign. Focusing on the British Media, but with examples from the United States and India, including Indian war correspondents, it discusses India’s role in the Second World War in relation to social, economic and political developments at the time. Honing in on India and Burma at a turning point in their road to independence, this book offers a fresh angle on a well-known military conflict, unpicks the various constraints and influences on the media in wartime, and links the campaign to India’s crucial role in WWII. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Media Covering the War in India/Burma 2. Managing the Media in the Burma Retreat, 1942 3. The First Arakan Campaign, 1943 4. Media Coverage of Operation Longcloth 5. Mountbatten Takes Charge- Publicity and Censorship 6. Reporting the War, 1944 7. Allies of a Kind: PROs at War 8. Broadcasting: the BBC, All India Radio and Radio SEAC 9. Stepping up Publicity for the 14th Army 10. SEAC Film & Photography 11. Race to Rangoon and Victory, 1945 Conclusion...
