[Commlist] New Book: The Maltese Newspapers and the Second World War

New book "The Front Page on the Front Line: The Maltese Newspapers and 
the Second World War".

This work is an analysis of the role of the newspapers in Malta during 
the war, especially the role of the Strickland family of 
politicians-cum-media moguls, the question of pro-Italian sympathisers 
in Malta, how the newspapers responded to the challenges of production 
in wartime, and the role of newspapers in wartime propaganda.

The chapter on propaganda constitutes half of the book and is 
ground-breaking analysis of this aspect of the war, since during the 
years most attention had been dedicated to military and strategic 
aspects of Malta as a vital British island-fortress in the campaigns for 
the Mediterranean and North Africa. Malta is considered the most 
heavily-bombed place on earth during WWII, even more than the Blitz, and 
was awarded the George Cross in 1942.

The book is available from the publisher at 
https://www.midseabooks.com/shop/uncategorized/the-front-page-on-the-front-line/ 
<https://www.midseabooks.com/shop/uncategorized/the-front-page-on-the-front-line/> 


Reviews of the book have already been published in Maltese media:
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/book-review-war-time-journalism-malta.978023 
<https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/book-review-war-time-journalism-malta.978023> 


https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-07-30/local-news/Future-for-printed-newspapers-looks-bleak-as-online-newspapers-continue-to-rise-wartime-researcher-6736244858 
<https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-07-30/local-news/Future-for-printed-newspapers-looks-bleak-as-online-newspapers-continue-to-rise-wartime-researcher-6736244858>

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