The British Press and (versus) Politics : The Reflection of Selected Internal and International Events in the British Press in the Years 1918–1921
Abstract
This study analyses the influence of the British press within the context of the official British foreign policy towards Germany after the Great War. First part focuses on the British perception of Germans from the perspective of the home politics and on the way in which the press influenced the foreign policy before the general elections in the end of 1918.
This part of the study proves that the influence of the press was really essential and the coalition politicians had to hold the line with the journalists although they did not share their opinion. The second part analyses how were the selected international events perceived in the British press after the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and the reflection of the enforcement of its reparation clauses in the British press.
The study shows that in the years 1919–1921 the influence of the British was not so strong in the comparison with the situation in the end of 1918.