Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War I to Wikileaks

Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War I to Wikileaks

by David Welch
ISBN-10:
1784533572
ISBN-13:
9781784533571
Pub. Date:
07/30/2015
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
1784533572
ISBN-13:
9781784533571
Pub. Date:
07/30/2015
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War I to Wikileaks

Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War I to Wikileaks

by David Welch
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Overview

Propaganda came of age in the Twentieth Century. The development of mass- and multi-media offered a fertile ground for propaganda while global conflict provided the impetus needed for its growth. Propaganda has however become a portmanteau word, which can be interpreted in a number of different ways. What are the characteristic features of propaganda, and how can it be defined? This book traces the development of techniques of 'opinion management' from World War I to the war in Afghanistan. It reveals how state leaders and spin-doctors operating at the behest of the state, sought to shape popular attitudes - at home and overseas - endeavouring to harness new media with the objective of winning hearts and minds. In doing so, it provides compelling evidence of how the study and practice of propaganda today is shaped by its history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781784533571
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 07/30/2015
Series: International Library of Historical Studies
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

David Welch is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Propaganda, War & Society at the University of Kent.

Table of Contents

1. 'Opening Pandora's Box'. Propaganda and Persuasion in the Information Age
2. ''Telling it like it is'; Contemporary War, Propaganda and the State
3. Propaganda, Memory and Identity: The Battle of the Falkland Islands, December 1914
4. Images of the Hun. The Portrayal of the German Enemy in British Propaganda in World War I
5. Institutional and Ideological Rivalry between the MOI Films Division and British Council over the Presentation of Britain during WWII
6. The British at War. George Arliss the Superstar as Propagandist
7. Post-Cold War American Public Diplomacy and Propaganda
8. Propaganda and International Broadcasting
9. NATO's Information Warfare
10. British Military Doctrine and Strategy and the Importance of Propaganda
11. Bridging the Firewall? Information Operations in US Army Doctrine in the Iraq War 2003-2005
12. Psyops: An Operational Perspective
13. ''Telling it like it is': Contemporary War, Propaganda and the State
14. (Mis)Communication Wars: Terrorism, Counterterrorism and the Media
15. Wikileaks: New Modes of Propaganda
16. Notes
17. Bibliography
18. Index

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