How to Win an Information War - The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler

BY THE AUTHOR OF NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE ''Lively and elegant.'' TLS ''History at its most urgent.'' BEN JUDAH ''An essential read.'' MAIL ON SUNDAY From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today. Summer 1941, Hitler and his allies rule Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. But inside Germany, there is a notable voice of dissent, Der Chef, whose radio broadcasts skilfully question Nazi doctrine. What listeners don''t know is that Der Chef is a fiction, a character created by the British propagandist Sefton Delmer. As Peter Pomerantsev uncovers Delmer''s fascinating lost story, he is called into a wartime propaganda effort of his own: the global response to Putin''s invasion of Ukraine.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Pomerantsev, Pomerantsev Peter
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 13.03.2025
• EAN: 9780571366361
• ISBN: 978-0-571-36636-1
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Geopolitics, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Disinformation and misinformation, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Biography: historical, political and military, Political control and freedoms, History: theory and methods, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General