British Propaganda and Wars of Empire

Greg Kennedy is Professor of Strategic Foreign Policy at King's College London and joined the Defence Studies Department in June 2000. He has taught at the Royal Military College of Canada, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, for both the History and War Studies Departments. He is an adjunct Professor of that university. His PhD is from the University of Alberta, with an MA in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada, and a BA (Hons) in History from the University of Saskatchewan. He has published internationally on strategic foreign policy issues, maritime defence, disarmament, diplomacy and intelligence. Dr Christopher Tuck is a Lecturer with the Department of Defence Studies, King's College, London, based at the United Kingdom's Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC). Prior to this, he was a Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He has an MSc Econ in Strategic Studies from the University of Aberystwyth and a PhD from Reading University. His other publications include Confrontation, Strategy and War Termination: Britain's Conflict with Indonesia (Ashgate, February 2013), and the co-authored Understanding Modern Warfare (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).

• Contents: Preface; Introduction, Greg Kennedy and Christopher Tuck; British propaganda and the protection of empire in the Far East, 1933-42, Greg Kennedy; Losing the game: propaganda and influence in the British Raj, 1917-47, Nick Lloyd; Propaganda and counter-propaganda on the Frontier, 1937-43, Christian Tripodi; Palestine 1945-48: policy, propaganda and the limits of influence, Kate Utting; Influence in British colonial Africa, Kate Law and Ashley Jackson; ’Two cheers for democracy’: empire, Cold War and British propaganda in Egypt, 1945-55, James R. Vaughan; British propaganda and information operations against Indonesia, 1963-66, Christopher Tuck; The British brand of anti-imperialism: information policy and propaganda in South Arabia at the end of empire, Spencer Mawby; Rebuilding a relationship: British cultural diplomacy towards China, 1967-80, Priscilla Roberts; Influencing political Islam: moderation, resilience and de-radicalisation in UK domestic counter-terrorism policies, 2005-11, Katherine E. Brown; Select bibliography; Index.

’...the volume makes a good contribution to our understanding of British influence, and, by means of considering the volume’s shortcomings and its achievements, it ought to encourage historians to do more to tackle this important topic.’ Twentieth Century British History