Outputs (2)

The French Media and the Forging of a Franco-British Alliance in the late 1930s (2017)
Journal Article
Hucker, D. (2017). The French Media and the Forging of a Franco-British Alliance in the late 1930s. Media History, 23(3-4), 330-344. https://doi.org/10.1080/13688804.2017.1309268

This article explores the interconnections between the media in France and the emergence of a Franco-British alliance on the eve of World War Two, emphasising how newspaper, radio and newsreel coverage helped mould British perceptions of France durin... Read More about The French Media and the Forging of a Franco-British Alliance in the late 1930s.

Public opinion, the Press, and the failed Anglo-Franco-Soviet negotiations of 1939 (2017)
Journal Article
Hucker, D. (in press). Public opinion, the Press, and the failed Anglo-Franco-Soviet negotiations of 1939. International History Review, 40(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2017.1309558

For nearly 80 years, historians have debated whether the western powers or the USSR should be blamed for the failure of the Anglo-Franco-Soviet negotiations in 1939. This rather tired debate features here, but only in the background. Instead, these n... Read More about Public opinion, the Press, and the failed Anglo-Franco-Soviet negotiations of 1939.