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Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Propaganda
In America where times and ideas are so rapidly and radically
changing. Things could get a little challenging. Here is a spin on
politically correct from a politically incorrect point of view.
This book was compiled by an artist who tries to capture the moment
of the current administration. This book contains forty-one
original drawings and is presented with artistic skill that has a
twist of its own. DISCLAIMER This book contains strong language and
subject matter, that may be offensive to some readers.
Based on a combination of a wide range of second-hand sources with
previously unknown archival material from Spain, Britain, France
and the United States, this book explores the Spanish Civil War of
1936-39 as a propaganda battle aimed mainly at foreign public
opinion. It shows how both Nationalists and Republicans used the
experiences of previous conflicts such as World War I, as well as
that of their totalitarian allies, in order to set up a number of
propaganda and censorship services with the goal of persuading
foreign -- and specifically British -- audiences of the legitimacy
of their causes, and of the need to give them political, military,
and relief assistance. The propaganda messages designed by both
sides -- ranging from the atrocities committed by the enemy to
illegal foreign intervention on its behalf -- are analysed in
detail, together with the techniques that were employed to transmit
these messages: eye-witness accounts, official commissions,
unofficial missions of investigation, documentaries, art
exhibitions, etc. As to the impact of both campaigns on the British
population, the author argues that their crude nature helped to
mobilise both the extreme right and the extreme left, but alienated
the great majority, who preferred to rally to the Non-Intervention
policy adopted by the Baldwin and Chamberlain governments. The
chronicle of this relatively neglected topic demonstrates not only
the utter modernity of the Spanish conflict, but also the origin of
some of the arguments still employed by current historians of the
war.
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