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A Rain of Propaganda : The Media Production of the Office of War Information in Stockholm, 1942–1945

Stjernholm, Emil LU (2022) p.119-140
Abstract
This chapter examines the media production of the US Office of War Information (OWI) in Stockholm, 1942–1945. While previous research has focused on the organization of OWI and the American view on war propaganda in Scandinavia, little emphasis has been placed on the actual production and circulation of American propaganda in Sweden during World War II. Drawing on previously neglected archival material from the Civilian Security Service’s (Allmänna Säkerhetstjänsten) counter-espionage on American propaganda activities in Sweden, this chapter maps the material conditions for US propaganda and the circulation of OWI-supported media (e.g. books, magazines, films, radio and news stories) in Sweden as well as the Nordic countries in general.
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office of war information, propaganda, media history, world war II, surveillance
host publication
Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion
editor
Norén, Fredrik ; Stjernholm, Emil and Thomson, C. Claire
edition
1
pages
22 pages
publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN
978-3-031-05170-8
978-3-031-05173-9
978-3-031-05171-5
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-05171-5_6
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English
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  title        = {{A Rain of Propaganda : The Media Production of the Office of War Information in Stockholm, 1942–1945}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-031-05171-5_6}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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