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050 4 _aDD260.3 .W375 2017
082 0 _a344.4309
100 1 _aWarkentin, Erwin J.
245 1 4 _aThe History of U.S. Information Control in Post-War Germany :
_bThe Past Imperfect.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aNewcastle-upon-Tyne :
_bCambridge Scholars Publishing,
_c2016.
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (366 pages)
336 _atext
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505 0 _aIntro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Defining the German Problem -- Disunity among the Allies -- The Transformation to Information Control -- The Inner Workings of the German Psyche -- Chapter Two -- Organizational Structure and Tasks -- ICD Personnel -- The Expatriates and the Brain-Factory -- Chapter Three -- The Sources -- Overview -- Newspapers -- The Stuttgarter Zeitung: Measuring Success -- DANA -- Publication Control -- Journals and Magazines -- Overt Magazines -- German Magazines -- Book Publishing -- American Information Centres -- Film, Theatre, and Music Control -- Music and Theatre -- Music Control -- Radio -- Intelligence -- Our Problem in Germany -- Lowering Standards -- Rumour and Humour -- Chapter Four -- Blacklists -- The Vetting Process -- Artur Brauner: A Case Study in Vetting -- Censorship and Control -- Chapter Five -- Appendices -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Appendix E -- Appendix F -- Appendix G -- Appendix H -- Appendix I -- Appendix J -- Appendix K -- Appendix L -- Appendix M -- Appendix N -- Appendix O -- Appendix P -- Appendix Q -- Appendix R -- Appendix S -- Appendix T -- Appendix U -- Appendix V -- Appendix W -- Appendix X -- Appendix Y -- Appendix Z -- Appendix AA -- Appendix AB -- Bibliography -- Archival Records -- Published Documentation -- Books and Articles -- Index.
520 _aIn May of 1945, the American army, along with those of its Allies, occupied the cities and towns of Hitler's Third Reich. While most American soldiers wondered how Germany's citizens were going to feed and shelter themselves, this volume introduces the reader to another group of men who were concerned about a different form of starvation. The men of what was to become the Information Control Division (ICD) in the American Zone were preparing an antidote to 12 years of National Socialist propaganda, which was to be a steady diet of carefully selected bits of information that were calculated to change the way the German people understood the world. It was designed to transform the Germans into staunch defenders of democracy. In addition to providing the first historical overview of the activities of the ICD and the methods they employed, the book offers a unique perspective on how the US occupation utilised psychologists, psychiatrists, anthropologists, sociologists and other academics to vet potential candidates for media licenses in Germany. The narrative takes the reader through the various steps of the process of becoming a literary publisher, newspaperman, magazine editor, radio programmer, and filmmakers, and reveals how the American Military Government in Germany used the establishment of new media empires to attempt the mass re-education of an entire nation.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aGermany (West)-Cultural policy.
650 0 _aGermany (West)-Intellectual life.
650 0 _aGermany-Social conditions-1945-1955.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aWarkentin, Erwin J.
_tThe History of U.S. Information Control in Post-War Germany
_dNewcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing,c2016
_z9781443897495
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4820073
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