Monographie

Soldiers of the pen : the Writers' War Board in World War II / Thomas Howell

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • Soldiers of the pen : the Writers' War Board in World War II / Thomas Howell
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • Amherst (Mass.) [etc.] : University of Massachusetts press
Date de copyright
  • C 2019
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (X-322 p.) ; 24 cm
ISBN
  • 978-1-62534-387-1
  • 978-1-62534-386-4
  • 1-62534-387-6
  • 1-62534-386-8
EAN
  • 9781625343871 br.
  • 9781625343864 rel.
Autre variante du titre
  • [WWB in WWII.]
  • [Writers' War Board in World War II.]
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 940.548 86
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Notes bibliogr. Index
Résumé ou extrait
  • Présentation de l'éditeur : "From 1942 to 1945, a small, influential group of media figures willingly volunteered their services to form the Writers' War Board (WWB), accepting requests from government agencies to create propaganda. Members included mystery writer Rex Stout, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck, novelist and sports writer Paul Gallico, Book-of-the-Month Club editor and popular radio host Clifton Fadiman, and Broadway lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. The WWB mobilized thousands of other writers across the country to spread its campaigns through articles, public appearances, radio broadcasts, and more. The WWB received federal money while retaining its status as a private organization that could mount campaigns without government oversight. Historian Thomas Howell argues that this unique position has caused its history to fall between the cracks, since it was not recognized as an official part of the government's war effort. Yet the WWB's work had a huge impact on the nation's wartime culture, and this fascinating history will inform contemporary thinking on propaganda, the media, and American society"
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