Author: Joint Reference Library (Chicago, Ill.)Publisher:
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Recent Publications on Governmental Problems, December 15, 1941-February 1, 1943
Author: Joint Reference Library (Chicago, Ill.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Some Source Materials from Government Agencies on Wartime Consumer Education
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
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Category : Consumer education
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Register of the Department of State
Author: United States. Department of StatePublisher:
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Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Free Speech and Unfree News
Author: Sam LebovicPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674969596
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Does America have a free press? Many who answer yes appeal to First Amendment protections that shield the press from government censorship. But in this comprehensive history of American press freedom as it has existed in theory, law, and practice, Sam Lebovic shows that, on its own, the right of free speech has been insufficient to guarantee a free press. Lebovic recovers a vision of press freedom, prevalent in the mid-twentieth century, based on the idea of unfettered public access to accurate information. This “right to the news” responded to persistent worries about the quality and diversity of the information circulating in the nation’s news. Yet as the meaning of press freedom was contested in various arenas—Supreme Court cases on government censorship, efforts to regulate the corporate newspaper industry, the drafting of state secrecy and freedom of information laws, the unionization of journalists, and the rise of the New Journalism—Americans chose to define freedom of the press as nothing more than the right to publish without government censorship. The idea of a public right to all the news and information was abandoned, and is today largely forgotten. Free Speech and Unfree News compels us to reexamine assumptions about what freedom of the press means in a democratic society—and helps us make better sense of the crises that beset the press in an age of aggressive corporate consolidation in media industries, an increasingly secretive national security state, and the daily newspaper’s continued decline.
Ministers at War
Author: Jonathan SchneerPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465040586
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the King reluctantly appointed Prime Minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great twentieth-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years, as he worked tirelessly first to rally his country and then to defeat Hitler. But Churchill -- regarded as the savior of his nation, and of the entire continent -- could not have done it alone. As prize-winning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in Ministers at War, Churchill depended on a team of powerful ministers to manage the war effort as he rallied a beleaguered nation. Selecting men from across the political spectrum -- from fellow Conservative Anthony Eden to leader of the opposing socialist Labor Party Clement Attlee -- Churchill assembled a War Cabinet that balanced competing interests and bolstered support for his national coalition government. The group possessed a potent blend of talent, ambition, and egotism. Led and encouraged by Churchill, the ministers largely set aside their differences, at least at first. As the war progressed, discord began to grow. It reached a peak in 1945: with victory seemingly assured, Churchill was forced by his Minsters at War to dissolve the Government and call a General Election, which, in a shocking upset, he lost to his rival Attlee. Authoritatively recasting our understanding of British high politics during World War II, Schneer shows that Churchill managed the war effort by managing his team of supremely able yet contentious cabinet members. The outcome of the war lay not only in Churchill's individual brilliance but also in his skill as an executive, and in the collective ability of men who muted their personal interests to save the world from barbarism.
OSS Foreign Nationalities Branch Files, 1942-1945
Author: United States. Office of Strategic Services. Foreign Nationalities BranchPublisher:
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Category : Immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Documents consist of departmental memos and reports, correspondence with individuals, and press clippings and press reports which deal with American Jewish groups during 1942-1945, as well as issues relating to Palestine, Jews and Jewish refugees during World War II.
Selected United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
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Biographic Register
Author: United States. Dept. of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Biographic Register of the Department of State
Author: United States. Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
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