Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction: Radio And The Privatization Of War 1
6. Part I. Radio News, Propaganda, And Politics During World War II
7. 1. Radio News, Propaganda, And Politics: From The New Deal To World War II 13
8. 2. Uneasy Persuasion: Government Radio Propaganda, 1941– 1943 41
9. 3. Closing Ranks: Propaganda, Politics, And Domestic Foreign- Language Radio 66
10. Part Ii. Selling The War To The American People: Radio Entertainment And Advertising
11. 4. The Rewards Of Wartime Radio Advertising 89
12. 5. “Radio Propaganda Must Be Painless”: The Comedians Go To War 116
13. 6. “Twenty Million Women Can’T Be Wrong”: Wartime Soap Operas 147
14. Epilogue: The Privatization Of America 177
15. Notes 185
16. Index 213