London Calling. Britain, the BBC World Service, and the Cold War

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Author(s) Webb, Alban
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2014
Pages 253pp; illus
Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the BBC's World Service in the context of British diplomacy and foreign policy. Has chapters: 'Planning for peace'; 'The home front'; 'The Cold War challenge'; 'The imagined audience'; 'The radio arms race'; 'A world service'; 'Austerity'; 'The Soviet challenge'; 'Hungary'; 'Suez'