The Silenced Media

Focusing on freedom of speech, the book deals with the perennial problem of how a small country should react in the face of pressure threatening its sovereignty. Should it give way or resist? The author describes in detail how the Soviet Union operated both overtly and covertly in the propaganda war and discusses the reactions of the west - the United States, Great Britain, West Germany and Sweden.

Autorentext

Esko Salminen is Professor of Journalism at the University of Tampere, Finland.

Zusammenfassung
The author describes in detail how the Soviet Union operated both overtly and covertly in the propaganda war and discusses the reactions of the west - the United States, Great Britain, West Germany and Sweden.

Inhalt
The Atmosphere of the Media War from J. V. Stalin to Boris Yeltsin A Programme of Silence Moscow Tightens Its Grip Darkness Falls Soviet Propaganda Fails Gorbachev's Glasnost Popular Among the Media The Exaggerated Soviet Threat Finlandization - A Nightmare for the Federal Republic of Germany Russia Seen Through the Lens of Fear and Politics Notes Sources and Bibliography Index