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Fog of war [electronic resource] : censorship of Canada's media in World War II / Mark Bourrie.

Summary:

"The Canadian government censored the news during World War II for two main reasons: to keep military and economic secrets out of enemy hands and to prevent civilian morale from breaking down. But in those tumultuous times ... censors had a hard time keeping news events contained. Now, with freshly unsealed World War II press-censor files, many of the undocumented events that occurred in wartime Canada are finally revealed. [This book] investigates the realities of media censorship through the experiences of those deputized to act on the public's behalf."--Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9781553659501 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1553659503 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (334 p.)
Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Douglas & McIntyre, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	1st U.S. edition, 2012.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prelude : "You can't talk about that!" -- A good fishing trip ruined : the genesis of the World War Two censorship system -- Censorship and military intelligence -- Spy games in the Maritimes -- The silent service : naval war censorship -- "These little treacheries" : censorship and the Quebec media -- The Hong Kong cover-up -- The Battle of Bowmanville -- Censoring news from the front lines -- The "Jap Pulitzer" : censorship of the Japanese-Canadian press -- Balloon bombs and atomic bombs -- Censorship and the zombies -- Victory day.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.