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03446aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 8DA3EEF0F0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240402011628 008 231016s2024 nyu b 001 0beng 010 $a 2023028347 020 $a 1541774728 020 $a 9781541774728 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gx--- $a e-gx--- 050 00 $a D810.P7 $b G3624 2024 082 00 $a 940.53/41 $2 23/eng/20231102 100 1 $a Pomerantsev, Peter, $e author. 245 10 $a How to win an information war : $b the propagandist who outwitted Hitler / $c Peter Pomerantsev. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b PublicAffairs, $c 2024. 300 $a xix, 277 pages ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The real lives of Sefton Delmer -- Propaganda is the remedy for loneliness -- The Nazi circus -- Not reliable -- All doubts fall away -- Into the ridiculous -- That beastly pornographic organisation -- Strength through fear -- D-Day and the death drive -- Valkyrie -- How dead is Hitler? -- How to win an information war -- Ordinary ordinary. 520 $a "From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer confronts hard questions about the nature of information war: what if you can't fight lies with truth? Can a propaganda war ever be won? In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. Britain was struggling to combat his powerful propaganda machine, crowing victory and smearing his enemies as liars and manipulators over his frequent radio speeches, blasted out on loudspeakers and into homes. British claims that Hitler was dangerous had little impact against this wave of disinformation. Except for the broadcasts of someone called Der Chef, a German who questioned Nazi doctrine. He had access to high-ranking German military secrets and spoke of internal rebellion. His listeners included German soldiers and citizens, as well as politicians in Washington DC who were debating getting into the war. And--most importantly--Der Chef was a fiction. He was a character created by the British propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer, a unique weapon in the war. Then, as author Peter Pomerantsev seeks to tell Delmer's story, he is called into a wartime propaganda effort of his own: the US response to the invasion of Ukraine. In flashes forward to the present day, Pomerantsev weaves in what he's learning from Delmer as he seeks to fight against Vladimir Putin's tyranny and lies. This book is the story of Delmer and his modern investigator, as they each embark on their own quest to manipulate the passions of supporters and enemies, and to turn the tide of an information war, an extraordinary history that is informing the present before our eyes"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Delmer, Sefton, $d 1904-1979. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Propaganda. 650 0 $a Anti-Nazi propaganda $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Black propaganda $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Radio journalists $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a British $z Germany $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 3 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045441.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20240403015622.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240402011856.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8DA3EEF0F0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search