Propaganda, power and persuasion : from World War I to WikiLeaks / edited by David Welch. - London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2014. - 257 p. : ill. b&w ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Opening Pandora's Box: propaganda, power and persuasion / The Great War -- Propaganda, memory and identity : the battle of the Falkland Islands, December 1914 / Images of the Hun : the portrayal of the German Enemy in British propaganda in Worl War I / Interwar Period and the Second World War -- George Arliss : the superstar of propagandist, British propaganda in the Interwar Period / War vs. cultural propaganda : institutional and ideological tensions over the projection of Britain during the Second World War / "Today Germany, Tomorrow the world": Nazi propaganda and Total War, 1943-45 / Cold War and post Cold War -- The tragedy of American Public diplomacy, 1989-1999. The last decade of the United States information agency reconsidered / Radio free Asia and China's harmonious society / NATO and information warfare / Strategic communication -- Strategic communication and the Combatant Commander / Strategy, influence, strategic communication and British military doctrine / Bridging the firewall? Information operations and US military doctrine in the Battles of Fallujah / Contemporary modes of propaganda and the War on Terrorism -- (Mis)Communication wars: terrorism, counter-terrorism and the media / WikiLeaks and cybersecurity: new modes of propaganda / Telling it like it is: contemporary war, propaganda, media and the state / David Welch -- Mark Connelly -- David Welch -- Jeffrey Richards -- James Chapman -- David Welch -- Nicholas J. Cull -- Gary D. Rawnsley -- Edward M. Spiers -- Jeffrey B. Jones, Daniel T. Kuehl, Daniel Burgess and Russell Rochte. Kate Utting. Stephen Badsey -- Cristina Archetti -- David Culbert. Piers Robinson. Pt. 1. Ch. 1. Pt. 2. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Pt. 3. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Pt. 4. Ch. 6 Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Pt. 5. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Pt. 6. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14.

Propaganda came of age in the twentieth century. The development of mass and multimedia offered a fertile ground for propaganda while global conflict provided the impetus needed for its growth. However, propaganda has become a portmanteau word, which can be interpreted in a number of different ways.

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Mass media and propaganda
Propaganda--History
Psychological warfare

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