How We Advertised America (Classic Reprint): The First Telling of the Amazing Story of the Committee on Public Information That Carried the Gospel of Americanism to Every Corner of the Globe - Couverture souple

George Creel

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ISBN 10 : 144004922X ISBN 13 : 9781440049224

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

How did a nation explain itself to the world?

This nonfiction work examines the creation and work of the Committee on Public Information that shaped America’s war-time messaging. It explores how truth, persuasion, and policy moved through the press and public to mobilize a nation. The book moves from the domestic push to the foreign campaign, showing how American voices tried to win allies, neutral minds, and battlefield morale. It presents the challenges of explaining America’s motives, ideals, and actions to readers around the globe.

• Understanding the shift from censorship to information as a tool of national purpose
• Insights into how public opinion was mobilized at home and abroad
• Profiles of key figures and the practical steps behind a large-scale publicity effort
• Examples of how media, institutions, and leaders shaped the public narrative

Ideal for readers curious about wartime communication, public diplomacy, and the origins of modern information campaigns.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Committee on Public Information was wiped out of existence on June 30, 1919, by action of Congress. The work of the Committee had been discontinued months before, and only an orderly liquidation was in progress. It was this liquidation that Congress desired to interrupt and confuse. No one was left with power to rent a building, employ a clerk, transfer a bank balance, or to collect a dollar. This condition of chaos endured for weeks for it was not until August 21st that the President found power to turn the records of the Committee over to the Council of National Defense and it is only to-day that a final accounting to the people is able to be made. At the time of the Committee sannihilation a complete report of its activities was on the presses in the Government Printing Office. This was included in the general slaughter, for not only was it the purpose of Congress to prevent any final audit, but also to keep the Committee from making a statement of achievement for the information of the public. It was to defeat this pwjrpose that this book has been written. It is not a compilation of incident and opinion, but a record and a chronicle. I have followed through the work of the organization from beginning to end, division by division, both as a matter of duty and as a partial discharge of my debt of gratitude to the men and women who worked with me.
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 144004922X
• ISBN 13: 9781440049224
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 519
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