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The Office of Censorship's Attempt to Control Press Coverage of the Atomic Bomb during World War II.
Download full textWashburn, Patrick S. – 1988
The Office of Censorship's struggle to keep journalists from revealing the development of the first atomic bomb, the sites where the development was taking place, and the fact that the bomb might be available for use in the war, was desperate and in many ways heroic. Soon after it was created on December 19, 1941, the office issued a voluntary…
Descriptors: Censorship, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Speech, Government Role
Managing Dissent in the Catholic Church: A Reinterpretation of the Pastoral Letter on War and Peace.
Peer reviewedHogan, J. Michael – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1989
Reexamines the American National Conference of Catholic Bishops' 1983 Pastoral Letter on War and Peace. Finds that the pastoral letter functioned rhetorically not to foster but to manage dissent, diffusing a radical Catholic challenge to American defense policy and reclaiming the bishops' authority to define Church teachings on war and peace. (SR)
Descriptors: Catholics, Communication Research, Disarmament, Dissent
