How to win an information war : (Record no. 740277)
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| fixed length control field | 02852cam a22002418i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780571366354 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 940.534 1 POM/H |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Pomerantsev, Peter, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | How to win an information war : |
| Sub Title | the propagandist who outwitted Hitler / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Peter Pomerantsev. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Propagandist who outwitted Hitler |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | . - UK |
| Name of publisher | : Faber and Faber Ltd. |
| Year of publication | , 2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xix, 277 pages ; |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The real lives of Sefton Delmer -- Propaganda is the remedy for loneliness -- The Nazi circus -- Not reliable -- All doubts fall away -- Into the ridiculous -- That beastly pornographic organisation -- Strength through fear -- D-Day and the death drive -- Valkyrie -- How dead is Hitler? -- How to win an information war -- Ordinary ordinary. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer confronts hard questions about the nature of information war: what if you can't fight lies with truth? Can a propaganda war ever be won? In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. Britain was struggling to combat his powerful propaganda machine, crowing victory and smearing his enemies as liars and manipulators over his frequent radio speeches, blasted out on loudspeakers and into homes. British claims that Hitler was dangerous had little impact against this wave of disinformation. Except for the broadcasts of someone called Der Chef, a German who questioned Nazi doctrine. He had access to high-ranking German military secrets and spoke of internal rebellion. His listeners included German soldiers and citizens, as well as politicians in Washington DC who were debating getting into the war. And--most importantly--Der Chef was a fiction. He was a character created by the British propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer, a unique weapon in the war. Then, as author Peter Pomerantsev seeks to tell Delmer's story, he is called into a wartime propaganda effort of his own: the US response to the invasion of Ukraine. In flashes forward to the present day, Pomerantsev weaves in what he's learning from Delmer as he seeks to fight against Vladimir Putin's tyranny and lies. This book is the story of Delmer and his modern investigator, as they each embark on their own quest to manipulate the passions of supporters and enemies, and to turn the tide of an information war, an extraordinary history that is informing the present before our eyes"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | World War, 1939-1945 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Anti-Nazi propaganda |
| Geographic subdivision | Great Britain. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Black propaganda |
| Geographic subdivision | Great Britain. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Radio journalists |
| Geographic subdivision | Great Britain |
| Form subdivision | Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | British |
| Geographic subdivision | Germany |
| Form subdivision | Biography. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home Library | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Dept. of Political Science | Dept. of Political Science | 18/07/2024 | 940.534 1 POM/H | POL23693 | 16/10/2024 | Book |