This book documents the role of the West's international broadcasters in using propaganda and other information to assist in bringing about the collapse of Soviet communism and the end of the cold war.

James Wood CEng FIET is a consulting engineer, analyst and journalist specialising in the international broadcasting industry. The author of more than 280 articles, technical papers and books, he has contributed to all the major broadcast magazines and journals in Europe, the USA and Asia. Former Transmission Correspondent for International Broadcasting, he is a regular contributor to Radio World International Edition. He brings to this field a lifetime of experience and enthusiasm, making him a uniquely qualified author for this subject.

• Chapter 1: International broadcasting in the HF spectrum: past and present


• Chapter 2: An analysis of SW sales 1950-1997


• Chapter 3: SW listening audiences and broadcasting output


• Chapter 4: Projecting foreign policy, propaganda, beliefs and objectives


• Chapter 5: Structure of US international broadcasting


• Chapter 6: The BBC World Service


• Chapter 7: Deutsche Welle: the Voice of Germany


• Chapter 8: Radio France International


• Chapter 9: Voice of America


• Chapter 10: Radio Canada International


• Chapter 11: Swiss Radio International


• Chapter 12: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep


• Chapter 13: The former Soviet Union


• Chapter 14: The Balkan region


• Chapter 15: RFE/RL comes out of the cold


• Chapter 16: The restructuring of US Government international broadcasting


• Chapter 17: The Arab-Islamic world


• Chapter 18: Libya, Egypt, Kuwait and Iran


• Chapter 19: China and SE Asia


• Chapter 20: Radio Australia


• Chapter 21: US religious/commercial private broadcasters


• Chapter 22: The broadcast transmitter industry


• Chapter 23: Company profiles


• Chapter 24: Steerable 500 kW rated curtain antenna arrays


• Chapter 25: Profile of the tube manufacturing industry


• Chapter 26: The future is digital


• Chapter 27: The future for international broadcasting in the HF spectrum


• Appendix 1: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty


• Appendix 2: SW reference list for the major transmitter manufacturers