'Alarmist stories and defeatist views': Censorship and morale in India during the Second World War.

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  • Author(s): Sethi, Devika
  • Source:
    War in History. Apr2019, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p250-264. 15p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      WORLD War II; CENSORSHIP; PUBLIC opinion; IMPERIALISM; PRESS
    • Abstract:
      This article identifies three loci of the British colonial state's anxiety about communication of news and views in India during the Second World War: its own officials (and their families); the press (both English language and vernacular); and the Indian public. It explores war-time dilemmas of the state with regard to censorship of both news and rumour, and it discusses the central paradox of censorship in colonial India during war-time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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