A Battle for Neutral Europe: British Cultural Propaganda during the Second World War [Hardcover]

A Battle for Neutral Europedescribes and analyses the forgotten story of the British government's cultural propaganda organization, the British Council, in its campaign to win the hearts and minds of people in neutral Europe during the Second World War. The book draws on a range of previously unused material from archives from across Europe and private memoirs to provide a unique insight into the work of the leading British artists, scientists, musicians and other cultural figures who travelled to Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Turkey at great personal risk to promote British life and thought in a time of war.

Edward Corse shows how the British Council played a subtle but crucial role in Britain's war effort and draws together the lessons of the British Council experience to produce a new model of cultural propaganda.

A new study of British cultural propaganda in neutral Europe during the Second World War

Edward Corse specializes in the history of propaganda. He has a PhD from the University of Kent's Centre for the Study of Propaganda, War and Society.

Introduction \ 1. Cultural Propaganda: Theories and strategies \ 2. Learning from the Past \ 3. At Home: The British Council's relationship with other organisations \ 4. On the Front Line: Cultural propaganda in action \ 5. The view from the other side \ 6. Lessons for the Future: Towards a model of cultural propaganda