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Author:   Erica Harrison
Publisher:   Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Imprint:   Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 20.30cm
ISBN:  

9788024655215

ISBN 10:   8024655217
Pages:   385
Publication Date:   27 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. List of Abbreviations 2. Introduction 2.1 Czechoslovakia: ‘The Child of Propaganda’ 2.2 Radio: The Ideal Medium for Exile 2.3 Less Trouble than the Rest: The Czechoslovak Government within the British Propaganda Structure 2.4 Scope and Sources 3. ‘Legal, Loyal, and Internationally Recognised’: Legitimacy and the Performance of Government 3.1 ‘In the Name of the Czechoslovak Republic’: The Authority of Legality 3.2 ‘We Are the Masaryk Nation’: The Authority of Tradition 3.3 ‘We Are Close Together at Heart’: The Authority of Charisma 3.4 Exercising Authority: The Odsun and ‘Rabble-rousing’ from London 4. Populating the ‘Free Republic’: Performing Nationhood over the Radio, Radio as a Medium for Nation Building 4.1 ‘Faithful to the Spirit of our History’: Reading the War into the National Narrative 4.2 ‘Anything That is Dear to Their Hearts’: The Mobilisation of Culture 5. Idiots and Traitors? Addressing Slovakia from London 5. 1 ‘The Admirable and Loyal Czechoslovak Nation’ 5.2 ‘Do Not Betray Yourselves’: A Policy of Negative Propaganda 5.3 ‘There Is No Free Slovakia’: Political Arguments 5.4 ‘The Most Blatant Ingratitude’: The Slovak State and the USA 5.5 ‘Your Catholic, Christian, and Slovak Conscience Compels You’: Religious Arguments 5.6 Russians, not Monsters: Tackling the Bolshevik Bogey 6. ‘We Will Manage Our Own Affairs’: The Soviet Union and Broadcasting the Future of Czechoslovakia 6.1 Neither Hell nor Paradise: 1940–June 1941 6.2 ‘Our Brother Slavs’: June 1941–1943 6.3 When Propaganda Diverges from Policy: Mid-1943 Onwards 6.4 ‘If It Doesn’t Work, It Will Not Be Our Fault’: The Changing Representation of Poland and the Central-European Confederation 6.5 ‘Subcarpathian Ruthenia Is Czechoslovak’: Broadcasting to a Lost Territory 7. Conclusions 8. Bibliography of Sources

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“The book makes an important contribution to our understanding of those who recreated Czechoslovakia in 1945. It reveals, via the broadcasts, what can be learnt about the exiles’ mentality and the major obstacles which confronted them from both enemies and allies… It will certainly be used as a starting point for new research about radio propaganda in wartime Central Europe.” * Mark Cornwall, University of Southampton *

The book makes an important contribution to our understanding of those who recreated Czechoslovakia in 1945. It reveals, via the broadcasts, what can be learnt about the exiles' mentality and the major obstacles which confronted them from both enemies and allies... It will certainly be used as a starting point for new research about radio propaganda in wartime Central Europe. -- Mark Cornwall, University of Southampton

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Erica Harrison is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam.

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