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"The Price of Truth: The Journalist Who Defied Military Censors to Report the Fall of Nazi Germany" by Richard Fine is a book that sheds light on the overlooked story of Edward Kennedy, a journalist who violated a news embargo to report Germany's unconditional surrender at the end of World War II. The book explores the tensions between the press and the military, as well as issues of freedom of the press and censorship. Fine's research is based on extensive archival sources and provides a compelling narrative that challenges the commonly held belief of a cooperative relationship between the military and the press during World War II. The book is suitable for both general interest readers and academic study. [Extracted from the article]

By 1946, Cuban–US relations had become strained over radio. Broadcasting from each nation repeatedly crossed borders and interfered with radio reception in the other country. The 1946 North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) attempted to remedy that problem. This account of the impassioned reactions and heated rhetoric surrounding the 1946 NARBA underscores the enduring strength of national and regional identities in a globalizing world. Encounters with US radio programming in Cuba inspired Cubans to fight for distinctly Cuban radio interests. The resulting 1946 NARBA, which imposed new restrictions on US broadcasting to benefit Cuba, provoked farmers from California and Arizona, who – as those who believed they were the most affected by the new restraints imposed on US radio – railed against their government’s acquiescence. Their reactions, in fact, were deeply entangled with the complex history of US identity formation, which had from the nation’s earliest years privileged specific regional loyalties that coexisted alongside both local and national ones. It is, in sum, a story that shows how in certain contexts audiences can and will resist globalizing influences by leaning on their existing national, regional, and local identities that provide meaning in their world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the history and social implications of foreign language radio broadcasting in the U.S. between 1920 and 1940. The author discusses the role of the English language in American ideas of identity, and the rise of American nationalism in the time immediately preceding the second world war. Many U.S. citizens objected to foreign language radio broadcasting as un-American. English, considered the unofficial language of the U.S,. was perceived as a key to cultural assimilation and Americanization for foreign speaking immigrants.

This article explores KGEI, an American shortwave station established in 1939 to broadcast American programming to American listeners in East Asia. At its founding, KGEI (initially called W6XBE) captured widespread enthusiasm about radio's believed ability to promote beneficial cross-cultural and economic exchanges across international borders. In practice, however, KGEI did little to further that idealistic vision. Listener reaction to this station's entertainment and news programming indicates that it became a vehicle for Americans abroad to strengthen their connections to their distant homeland and solidify their expatriate identities as American citizens. As war approached, KGEI discouraged the very international exchange it was thought to promote. KGEI's story remains pertinent today as Americans continue to debate the promises and perils of growing global entertainment and news networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Explores the China-U.S. relations and Chinese broadcasting in from 1920 to 1930. Historical background on the conflict between the U.S. and China with regard to the Open Door policy; View of the U.S. toward the Chinese resistance to technology; Discussion of the control of mass media as part of the Chinese Nationalist party agenda; Details of a protest against the Chinese radio law.