LEADER 05280cam a22005058i 4500001 18668612 005 20160126085526.0 008 150622s2015 ilu b s001 0 eng 003 hubpceuo 010 2015012609 020 9780252039690 (hardback) 020 |z9780252097782 (e-book) 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC 042 pcc 043 e-ge---n-us---e-gx--- 050 00 PN1991.3.G4 |bS286 2015 082 00 384.54/530943155409045 |223 084 SOC052000HIS037070POL005000 |2bisacsh 100 1 Schlosser, Nicholas J. 242 |yEnglish 245 10 Cold War on the airwaves : |bthe radio propaganda war against East Germany / |cNicholas J. Schlosser. 260 Urbana ; Chicago : |bUniversity of Illinois Press, |c2015. 263 1511 300 233 p. ; |c23 cm. 337 unmediated 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 Between Objectivity and Engagement -- Radio Propaganda during the Occupation, 1945-1949 -- Building a Rival Fourth Estate: RIAS's Campaign against East Germany -- RIAS Berlin and the June 17, 1953, Uprising in East Germany -- The East German Campaign against RIAS -- RIAS and the Berlin Crisis of 1958-1961 -- Epilogue: RIAS, 1963-1992. 520 2 "Cold War on the Airwaves offers a history of the Berlin-based American propaganda broadcaster Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) and its impact on the political culture of the German Democratic Republic during the early Cold War. Founded in 1946 to serve as America's official radio station in Berlin and as a counterweight to the Communist-controlled broadcasters in East Germany, RIAS quickly became one of the United States' most successful public information operations conducted against the Soviet Bloc. Nicholas Schlosser examines how the RIAS fast became one of the most trusted sources for news inside East Germany during a dynamic period following World War II that included the Berlin Airlift, the East German rising of 1954, and building of the Berlin Wall. Drawing on a wealth of broadcast transcripts, internal memoranda, listener letters, and surveys of East Germans by the U.S. Information Agency, he attributes RIAS's success to its conscious effort to balance accuracy with partisanship. Claiming objective journalism, RIAS reporters nevertheless used the language, style, and tone of neutral broadcasting to openly attack the Soviet Union and undermine the GDR's legitimacy. Through information from East German citizens visiting or escaping to West Berlin, the reporters broadcast stories to counter official statements from East Germany's ruling party, reported on bad economic conditions, and encouraged listeners to oppose the GDR. Thus, as with other U.S. anticommunist public information programs, RIAS attempted to resolve the inherent contradictions of conducting a propaganda operation in name of creating a democratic society built upon an objective press"-- 520 2 "Founded as a counterweight to the Communist broadcasters in East Germany, Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) became one of the most successful public information operations conducted against the Soviet Bloc. Cold War on the Airwaves examines the Berlin-based organization's history and influence on the political worldview of the people--and government--on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Nicholas Schlosser draws on broadcast transcripts, internal memoranda, listener letters, and surveys by the U.S. Information Agency to profile RIAS. Its mission: to undermine the German Democratic Republic with propaganda that, ironically, gained in potency by obeying the rules of objective journalism. Throughout, Schlosser examines the friction inherent in such a contradictory project and propaganda's role in shaping political culture. He also portrays how RIAS's primarily German staff influenced its outlook and how the organization both competed against its rivals in the GDR and pushed communist officials to alter their methods in order to keep listeners. From the occupation of Berlin through the airlift to the construction of the Berlin Wall, Cold War on the Airwaves offers an absorbing view of how public diplomacy played out at a flashpoint of East-West tension"-- 610 20 Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (Berlin, Germany) |xHistory. 610 20 United States Information Agency |xHistory. 650 0 Radio broadcasting |zGermany |zBerlin |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Radio broadcasting |xPolitical aspects |zGermany |zBerlin |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Propaganda, American |zGermany (East) |xHistory. 650 0 Cold War. 651 0 United States |xRelations |zGermany (East) 651 0 Germany (East) |xRelations |zUnited States. 906 7 |bcbc |corignew |d1 |eecip |f20 |gy-gencatlg 942 |2ddc |cBK 955 |brf14 2015-06-22 |irf14 2015-06-22 telework episodic project ONIX; NAR mod no2010170775; to Dewey 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6384_540000000000000_53094_SCH |70 |8REF |980208OSA |bOSA |d2016-01-26 |eOSA |l0 |o384.54/53094 SCH |r2016-01-26 |w2016-01-26 |yBK |cReference 920 01 Pe8xQKeW 992 01 384_540000000000000_53094_SCH |bWRV_UVZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_UWZQV_7NI 966 |cIn the Research Room