
Western Broadcasting over the Iron Curtain
K.R.M. Short(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 4. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
284 pages
978-1-032-60337-7 (ISBN)
Description
Western Broadcasting Over the Iron Curtain (1986) examines the development of broadcasting policy by Western democracies, levels of government control of policy, efforts by communist regimes to minimize the effects of western broadcasting, and Soviet and Eastern European audience opinions on such diverse subjects as the success or failure of socialism and the Korean airline disaster.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Adult education
Adult education, General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-60337-7 (9781032603377)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

K.R.M. Short
Western Broadcasting over the Iron Curtain
E-Book
12/2023
1st Edition
Taylor & Francis
€39.49
Available for download

K.R.M. Short
Western Broadcasting over the Iron Curtain
E-Book
12/2023
1st Edition
Taylor & Francis
€39.49
Available for download

K.R.M. Short
Western Broadcasting over the Iron Curtain
Book
12/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
€145.90
Shipment within 10-20 days
Content
1. The Real Masters of the Black Heavens: Western Broadcasters Over the Iron Curtain K.R.M. Short Part 1. North American Broadcasting Over the Iron Curtain 2. Radio Canada International and Broadcasting Over the Iron Curtain Frank Ward 3. International Broadcasting and US Political Realities Frank Shakespeare 4. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty in the Mid-1980s William A. Buell 5. The Voice Past: VOA, the USSR and Communist Europe Alan Heil 6. The Voice Present and Future: VOA, the USSR and Communist Europe Edward Mainland Part 2. European Broadcasting Over the Iron Curtain 7. The BBC External Services: Broadcasting to the USSR and Eastern Europe Peter Fraenkel 8. Deutsche Welle's Russian Service, 1962-85 Botho Kirsch 9. Deutschlandfunk: Broadcasting to East Germany and Eastern Europe Juergen Reiss 10. Radio in the American Sector, RIAS Berlin Donald R. Browne 11. German Democratic Republic Censorship and West German Broadcasting Gerhard Wettig Part 3. Iron Curtain Audiences and Public Opinion 13. Public Opinion Assessment and Radio Free Europe's Effectiveness in Eastern Europe Mary McIntosh