- The War Broadcasts

Eric Blair, better known as George Orwell worked as a producer for radio broadcast during the Second World War. The talks were both cultural and political, meant to boost morale and act as counter-propaganda to the propaganda of the Axis powers. This letter shows how Orwell particularly chose to

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invite a Chinese speaker to defame and expose the Japanese invader and provide details about atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in occupied territories in China. Recently, some of Orwell's works were banned in China. However, Orwell was an early proponent of socialism. The scripts of the war broadcasts and Orwell's correspondence with speakers was suddenly discovered in 1984, long after his death. They provide insight in Orwell's development as a political writer, particularly in becoming the author of the works he is mostly remembered for, nl Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. A must read for postgraduate students specializing in George Orwell or war propaganda.

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