Broadcasting Empire: The American Forces Network and the Postwar Projection of US Power (The History of Media and Communication) - Couverture souple

Takacs, Stacy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252089529 ISBN 13 : 9780252089527

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2026

Synopsis

At first a tool to boost troop morale, the Armed Forces Network (AFN) evolved into a worldwide communications system that blended entertainment with spreading American culture and helping troops understand their missions.

Stacy Takacs traces the AFN's role in the worldwide expansion of American-style broadcasting and illuminates its impact on how foreign audiences viewed the United States. The AFN's transformation emerged from collaborations between military leaders, foreign governments, commercial media companies, and local communities and turned the sprawling archipelago of US military bases into a potent instrument of soft power. Yet at times shifting alliances, practical problems, and the everyday routines of military life led to problems that complicated its mission

Knowledgeable and multidimensional, Broadcasting Empire combines big-picture analysis with case studies and oral history to reveal an important but overlooked tool of American influence.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stacy Takacs is a professor of American Studies at Oklahoma State University and the author of Interrogating Popular Culture and Terrorism TV: Popular Entertainment in Post-9/11 America.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252089529
• ISBN 13: 9780252089527
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• Nombre de pages: 296
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