Heidi Tworek's innovative history reveals how, across two devastating wars, Germany attempted to build a powerful communication empire¿and how the Nazis manipulated the news to rise to dominance in Europe and further their global agenda. When the news became a form of international power, it changed the course of history.

Heidi J. S. Tworek is Associate Professor of History and Public Policy at the University of British Columbia. She is also a non-resident fellow at both the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and is Project Coordinator of the United Nations History Project.