| ID | 148643 |
| Title Proper | Comparative analysis of cultural control |
| Other Title Information | the German military occupation of France (1940–1942) and the American military occupation of Germany (1945–1949) |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | GoldStein, Cora Sol |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | A transformative military occupation aimed at the radical ideological change of an occupied country must exercise cultural control. The occupiers must complement repression with propaganda and censorship to create new narratives and prohibit those deemed undesirable. Do transformative military occupations carried out by dictatorships and liberal democracies differ in the way in which they handle information control? I argue that the mechanisms of cultural control used by the Third Reich in France (1940–1942) and by the United States in Germany (1945–1949), shared significant similarities in spite of the fact that their respective agendas were inspired by opposite ideological tenets. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Military History Vol. 80, No.4; Oct 2016: p.1083-1116 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Military History 2016-12 80, 4 |
| Key Words | France ; Germany ; American Military Occupation ; Cultural Control ; German Military Occupation |