The Jazz War

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Radio, Nazism and the Struggle for the Airwaves in World War II

Will Studdert (University of Hamburg, Germany)

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English

I.B. Tauris
11 December 2017

Radio; Jazz; Social & cultural history; Second World War

Series: Library of World War II Studies

During World War II, jazz embodied everything that was appealing about a democratic society as envisioned by the Western Allied powers. Labelled `degenerate' by Hitler's cultural apparatus, jazz was adopted by the Allies to win the hearts and minds of the German public. It was also used by the Nazi Minister for Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, to deliver a message of Nazi cultural and military superiority. When Goebbels co-opted young German and foreign musicians into `Charlie and his Orchestra' and broadcast their anti-Allied lyrics across the English Channel, jazz took centre stage in the propaganda war that accompanied World War II on the ground. The Jazz War is based on the largely unheard oral testimony of the personalities behind the German and British wartime radio broadcasts, and chronicles the evolving relationship between jazz music and the Axis and Allied war e orts.

Studdert shows how jazz both helped and hindered the Allied cause as Nazi soldiers secretly tuned in to British radio shows while London party-goers danced the night away in demimonde `bottle parties', leading them to be branded a `menace' in Parliament. This book will appeal to students of the history of jazz, broadcasting, cultural studies, and the history of World War II.

By: Will Studdert (University of Hamburg Germany)
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 449g
ISBN: 9781784538583
ISBN 10: 1784538582
Series: Library of World War II Studies
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 11 December 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Will Studdert completed his PhD at the University of Kent, where he specialised on the history of jazz and propaganda during World War II.

Reviews for The Jazz War: Radio, Nazism and the Struggle for the Airwaves in World War II

This revelatory book throws fresh light on the manner in which the widespread popularity of jazz was exploited by the Nazis for propaganda purposes in World War II. [...] Studdert's citical analysis of the `jazz war' represents an important contribution to the historiography of World War II and its social and cultural impact is clear. A wide-ranging, perceptive and authoritative study. - David Welch, Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Kent