Frequencies of Deceit

How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East

Margaret Elizabeth Peacock

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University of California Press
14 April 2025

Radio; Middle Eastern history; Media studies; Political control & freedoms

On June 8, 1967, Egypt's most famous radio broadcaster, Ahmed Said, reported that Egyptian, Syrian, and Jordanian forces had defeated the Israeli army in the Sinai, had hobbled their British and US allies, and were liberating Palestine. It was a lie.

For the rest of his life, populations in the Middle East vilified Said for his duplicity. However, the truth was that, by 1967, all the world's major broadcasters to the Middle East were dissimulating on the air. For two decades, British, Soviet, American, and Egyptian radio voices created an audio world characterized by deceit and betrayal. In this important and timely book, Margaret Peacock traces the history of deception and propaganda in Middle Eastern international radio. Peacock makes the compelling argument that this betrayal contributed to the loss of faith in Western and secular state-led political solutions for many in the Arab world, laying the groundwork for the rise of political Islam.

By: Margaret Elizabeth Peacock
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780520409743
ISBN 10: 0520409744
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 14 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 • The Rise of a “Radioyazik”: British and Soviet Radio in the Postwar Middle East 2 • The Resonance Machine Is Born: The Fight for Palestine, the Battle for Israel 3 • “Imagine, O Arabs!”: Voice of the Arabs and the Rise of Egyptian Radio 4 • The Power of Peace: Radio Moscow and the Shaping of the Audio Landscape 5 • The Echo Chamber: The Americans Enter the Fight 6 • Britain’s Struggle for Air: The Sounds of a Dwindling Empire 7 • The Eleventh Hour: The Audiosphere Prepares for War 8 • Cacophany: The Crisis of Suez 9 • Voices Carry: Language and the Crisis of Truth 10 • Poisonous Propaganda or Productive Progress to Peace: 1967 and the Collapse of the Audiosphere Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Margaret Peacock is Professor of History at the University of Alabama. She is author of Innocent Weapons: The Soviet and American Politics of Childhood in the Cold War and coauthor of A Deeper Sickness: Journal of America in the Pandemic Year.