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World War II Propaganda
Analyzing the Art of Persuasion during Wartime
World War II Propaganda
Analyzing the Art of Persuasion during Wartime
Description
Shows in illuminating detail how the Allied and Axis forces used visual images and other propaganda material to sway public opinion during World War II.
Author David Welch provides a neatly organized primary resource that focuses on key themes associated with World War II propaganda. Readers will not only be engrossed with a wide range of propaganda artifacts, they will also receive a better and more nuanced understanding of the nature of this propaganda and how it was disseminated in different cultural and political contexts.
This book reveals how leaders and spin doctors operating at behest of the state sought to shape popular attitudes both at home and overseas. A comprehensive introductory essay sets out the principles of propaganda theory in World War II, while the subsequent material provides examples of Allied- and Axis-generated propaganda and presents them in a readily accessible way that will help readers understand the context.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Propaganda War
2. Radio Propaganda: When Hitler Speaks
3. America Enters the War
4. The Poster
5. The Propaganda of Leadership
6. The Myth of Dunkirk
7. Careless Talk
8. Nazi Anti-British and Anti-Bolshevik Propaganda
9. In Defense of Mother Russia
10. Mobilizing for Total War: The Witting and Unwitting Testimony
11. Women at War
12. Keeping Healthy and Personal Hygiene
13. Buy War Bonds
14. Posting Propaganda
15. Feedback Agencies: Gauging Propaganda Success
16. Witness to War
17. Animated Film and Sheet Music
18. Art and War
19. Propaganda under Occupation: Vichy France
20. "Black" Propaganda and Operation overlord (D-Day)
21. Images of the Enemy
22. Postscript
Select Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Oct 12 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 224 |
| ISBN | 9781610696746 |
| Imprint | ABC-CLIO |
| Illustrations | 37 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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