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How To Win An Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler: Bbc R4 Book Of The Week

How To Win An Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler: Bbc R4 Book Of The Week

Peter Pomerantsev

From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today. BY THE AUTHOR OF NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE 'Lively and elegant.' THE TIMES 'History at its most urgent.' BEN JUDAH 'An essential read.' MAIL ON SUNDAY Summer 1941, Hitler and h...

Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Year of publication:
2025
Subject:
Non Fiction
ISBN:
978-0-571-36636-1
Pages:
304
13,75 €
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From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today.

BY THE AUTHOR OF NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE

'Lively and elegant.' THE TIMES
'History at its most urgent.' BEN JUDAH
'An essential read.' MAIL ON SUNDAY

Summer 1941, Hitler and his allies rule Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. But inside Germany, there is a notable voice of dissent, Der Chef, whose radio broadcasts skilfully question Nazi doctrine. What listeners don't know is that Der Chef is a fiction, a character created by the British propagandist Sefton Delmer.

As Peter Pomerantsev uncovers Delmer's fascinating lost story, he is called into a wartime propaganda effort of his own: the global response to Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

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