Название: The Media Offensive: How the Press and Public Opinion Shaped Allied Strategy during World War II
Автор: Alexander G. Lovelace
Издательство: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700633286
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 400
Размер: 1,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

World War II was a media war. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the press to a great extent, of course, but as the war progressed, the media also came to influence commanders' decisions on the battlefield. Rescuing General Douglas MacArthur from the Philippines in deference to public opinion forced the Allies to divide the Pacific War between two competing theaters.