Propaganda in History (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Tyler, Lyon Gardiner

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ISBN 10 : 1330759230 ISBN 13 : 9781330759233

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Propaganda In History. During the World War we heard a great deal of propaganda, and the word WPS used generally in a bad sense. But there is really nothing harmful in the word itself. It signifies only a means of publicity, which, when applied properly and legitimately serves a very good purpose. The Germans applied it improperly. They sent to this country millions of dollars to buy up newspapers and newspaper men to abuse the allies and make palatable their own conduct, too often brutal in the extreme. Propaganda is a form of advertisement, and it is only when advertisements are resorted to for the purpose of spreading erroneous conceptions that they are to be condemned. Quack advertisements are at all time pernicious. A feature especially popular in this country is propaganda applied to history. This consists in using striking characters and events of the past to give importance to present matters. As long as the truth is told much good must result, for the past contains vast archives of experience, from which valuable information may he had. The reverse happens when to give prominence to particular ends, historical matter is exploited at the expense of truth. These thoughts are suggested by what is so often read in the newspapers and periodicals of the North and even in books which have a more serious character. By sheer dint of assertion, taken up and published as if by concerted arrangement, certain things are given a character that never did belong to them. The idea seems to be with many who are active in the matter that the real truth makes no difference provided the multitude can be got to accept a certain view. This is the very essence of German propagaiidism, so much feared and condemned during the World War. But this is not true of all, for there are some who appear to be swept along by a force which they are powerless to resist. Let me cite some
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330759230
• ISBN 13: 9781330759233
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 26
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