How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler

ISBN: 1541774728

Author: Pomerantsev, Peter

Condition: New

The riveting story of a World War II broadcasters campaign to counter Nazi propaganda, told alongside the authors own quest to confront the disinformation fueling Russias war on Ukraine[An] addictive page-turner. -LawfareA Times (UK) Best Book of the YearIn the summer of 1941, Britain and its allies were struggling to combat Hitlers powerful propaganda machine, which boasted of his inevitable victory and smeared his enemies as liars. British claims to the contrary had little impact-except for the broadcasts of Der Chef, a German who questioned the Nazi Party. Der Chef galvanized Hitlers opponents across the globe with damning intel on high-ranking Nazi officials and rumors of internal rebellion. Yet all the while, he was a fictional persona created by the British propagandist Sefton Tom Delmer.As Peter Pomerantsev tells Delmers pulse-pounding story, he finds himself pulled into a wartime propaganda effort of his own. Following Russias invasion of his native Ukraine, Pomerantsev looks to Delmer to understand how to combat disinformation, manipulate the passions of supporters and enemies alike, and turn the tide of an information war.