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Author:   Margaret Elizabeth Peacock
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780520409736

ISBN 10:   0520409736
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   25 February 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations  Acknowledgments  List of Abbreviations  Introduction  1 • The Rise of a “Radioyazik”: British and Soviet Radio in the Postwar Middle East  2 • The Resonance Machine Is Born: The Fight for Palestine, the Battle for Israel  3 • “Imagine, O Arabs!”: Voice of the Arabs and the Rise of Egyptian Radio  4 • The Power of Peace: Radio Moscow and the Shaping of the Audio Landscape  5 • The Echo Chamber: The Americans Enter the Fight  6 • Britain’s Struggle for Air: The Sounds of a Dwindling Empire  7 • The Eleventh Hour: The Audiosphere Prepares for War  8 • Cacophany: The Crisis of Suez  9 • Voices Carry: Language and the Crisis of Truth  10 • Poisonous Propaganda or Productive Progress to Peace: 1967 and the Collapse of the Audiosphere Conclusion  Notes  Bibliography  Index

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“Exceptionally well written, impressively informative, and thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation. A substantial and original work of meticulous and detailed scholarship.” * Midwest Book Review *

Author Information

Margaret Peacock is Professor of History at the University of Alabama. She is author of Innocent Weapons: The Soviet and American Politics of Childhood in the Cold War and coauthor of A Deeper Sickness: Journal of America in the Pandemic Year.

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