Commonwealth Club of California records: A Glimpse Through the Iron Curtain: James Bryant Conant describes how Soviet communists control and manipulate people in East Germany, especially in Berlin, by filling bookstores and schools with communist materials, setting "democratic" elections under the surveillance of the secret police, and requiring refugees to spy on their family and friends.
Firing Line broadcast records: The World of Soviet Disinformation: The guests, Arnaud De Borchgrave and Robert Moss, are the co-authors of The Spike, an acclaimed novel about Soviet manipulation of Western public opinion (the title refers to the means by which, in pre-computer days, newspaper stories were killed). This riveting discussion focuses on the way the Soviet Bloc conducts disinformation campaigns, with the witting or unwitting assistance of the Western media.
HISTORIES: Fanning the Flames: Propaganda in Modern Japan: An online portal featuring a variety of multi-media resources focused on the propaganda of modern Japan, specifically beginning with the Meiji Era (1868-1912), continuing through the Pacific theater of World War II (1941-45). By offering a variety of graphic media over time, underlying themes regarding the unique nature of Japanese propaganda can be revealed. The theses generated by the contributors highlight not only the top-down delivery of propaganda, its pervasive influence on ordinary people, particularly young children, and the muscle of the media, but also grassroots participation in the consumption of propaganda.
HISTORIES: The Female Image in Chinese Propaganda: This site presents an analysis of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) depiction of women across various types of propaganda imagery and messaging in the 1940s and 50s. The impacts of The New Marriage Law and the cultural impact of the opera The White-Haired Girl are highlighted as pillars for shaping how images of women were used to further CCP's agenda under Mao Zedong's rule.
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service miscellaneous records: Jack Mahon radio report from 11 August 1945: In the first cut, less than a week before V-J day, Jack Mahon reports on the thoughts of Admiral Halsey on the end of World War II. The second cut is a propaganda program that looks at who was responsible for causing and fighting the war. The third cut is a transmission containing music and a program in Spanish.
United States Army 8th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) issuances: Propaganda leaflets, flyers and broadsides, distributed in Iraq in conjunction with the Iraq War.
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Corporate Records: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial and legal records, technical specifications, opinion survey data, serial issues, other publications, sound recordings, and microfilm, relating to operations of Radio Free Europe in broadcasting to audiences in Eastern Europe and of Radio Liberty in broadcasting to audiences in the Soviet Union. RFE/RL is the American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
Reflections: The Hitler-Stalin Pact: The Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 23, 1939, shocked the world. Stephen Kotkin, a Hoover Institution senior fellow and biographer of Joseph Stalin, discusses the purpose of the treaty and its earth-shaking impact and describes rare photo albums housed at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives that document the signing of the pact in the Moscow Kremlin.
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