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The story of propaganda in 50 images /

Propaganda is thousands of years old. But it came of age in the 20th century, when the development of mass media (and later multimedia communications) offered a fertile ground for its dissemination, and the century's global conflicts provided the impetus needed for its growth. Put simply, propa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Welch, David, 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : London : University of Washington Press ; British Library, [2022].
Subjects:
Propaganda > History.
Propaganda > History > Pictorial works.
Table of Contents:
  • Coinage: The Propaganda of Commemoration
  • Propaganda and National Monuments
  • Early Martyrdom and the Enemy from Within
  • Oliver Cromwell and 'the Airbrush of Propaganda'
  • Ridiculing the Enemy in the Eighteenth Century
  • Napoleon Bonaparte and the Modern Propaganda State
  • War Reporting in the Nineteenth Century
  • 'With "Our Bobs" to Pretoria'
  • Your Country Needs You!
  • Propaganda and Censorship
  • the Postcard
  • Citizens 'Fall In'
  • 'Hello! This is Liberty Speaking'
  • The Propaganda of National Symbols
  • Atrocity Propaganda and the Image of the 'Hun'
  • Psychological Warfare and the Humble Leaflet
  • Know Your Enemy
  • The Greedy Kulaks
  • the Enemy from Within
  • The Propaganda of Leadership
  • The Fuhrer Cult
  • Radio Propaganda
  • When Hitler Speaks
  • The Cult of Personality
  • Stalin 'Man of Steel'
  • The Power of the Moving Image
  • The Spanish Civil War
  • Propaganda as Public Information
  • Healthy Eating
  • The Importance of the Poster as a Medium of Propaganda
  • Propaganda as Public Information
  • 'Don't Drink' Alcohol
  • Soviet Model Citizens
  • Don't Drink!
  • 'Smoking Kills'
  • 'Dig for Victory'
  • Women at War
  • Calling All Workers
  • 'Remember Dec. 7th!' The Power of a Poster
  • 'Save for Victory'
  • Humour
  • Deflating Your Enemy
  • The Eternal Jew
  • the Enemy from Within
  • 'The Yellow Peril'
  • the Enemy from Without
  • The Leadership Figure
  • the Cult of Chairman Mao
  • The Cold War
  • March of Dimes and Propaganda Against Polio
  • China and the 'Four Pests' Campaign (1956-1962)
  • The Propaganda of National Achievement
  • Living With the Bomb
  • 'Protect and Survive'
  • The Vietnam War (1965-1973)
  • the First Televised War
  • 'Aids: Don't Die of Ignorance'
  • The Twin Towers
  • Propaganda of the Deed
  • The Toppling of Saddam Hussein and US Psychological Operations (Pysops)
  • Isis (Daesh)
  • a Religious Crusade of Infinite Duration
  • Brexit
  • 'Let's Take Back Control'
  • 'Trumpism' and 'Fake News'
  • Covid-19
  • Don't Mix the Message.