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Capturing the German Eye - American Visual Propaganda in Occupied Germany (Hardcover): Cora Sol Goldstein Capturing the German Eye - American Visual Propaganda in Occupied Germany (Hardcover)
Cora Sol Goldstein
R1,565 Discovery Miles 15 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Shedding new light on the American campaign to democratize Western Germany after World War II, "Capturing the German Eye" uncovers the importance of cultural policy and visual propaganda to the U.S. occupation.

Cora Sol Goldstein skillfully evokes Germany's political climate between 1945 and 1949, adding an unexpected dimension to the confrontation between the United States and the USSR. During this period, the American occupiers actively vied with their Soviet counterparts for control of Germany's visual culture, deploying film, photography, and the fine arts while censoring images that contradicted their political messages. Goldstein reveals how this U.S. cultural policy in Germany was shaped by three major factors: competition with the USSR, fear of alienating German citizens, and American domestic politics. Explaining how the Americans used images to discredit the Nazis and, later, the Communists, she illuminates the instrumental role of visual culture in the struggle to capture German hearts and minds at the advent of the cold war.

The American Party Battle: Election Campaign Pamphlets, 1828-1876, Volume 1 - 1828-1854 (Paperback): Joel H. Silbey The American Party Battle: Election Campaign Pamphlets, 1828-1876, Volume 1 - 1828-1854 (Paperback)
Joel H. Silbey
R1,191 Discovery Miles 11 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The nineteenth century was the heyday of furious contention between American political parties, and Joel Silbey has recaptured the drama and substance of those battles in a representative safmpling of party pamphlets. Political parties mapped the landscape of electoral and ideological warfare, constructing images of themselves and of their adversaries that resonate and echo the basic characteristics of America's then reigning sets of ideas. The nature of political controversy, as well as the substance of politics, is embedded in these party documents, which both united and divided Americans. Unlike today's party platforms, these pamphlets explicated real issues and gave insight into the society at large. Andrew Jackson's Democrats, Millard Fillmore's Whigs, Abraham Lincoln's Republicans, and other, lesser-known parties are represented here. The pamphlets demonstrate how, for this fifty-year period, political parties were surrogates for American demands and values. Broad in scope, widely circulated, catalysts for heated debate over the decades, these pamphlets are important documents in the history of American politics.

In a brilliant monograph-length introduction, Silbey teases out and elucidates the themes each party stressed and took as its own in its fight for the soul of the nation.

The American Party Battle: Election Campaign Pamphlets, 1828-1876, Volume 2 - 1854-1876 (Paperback): Joel H. Silbey The American Party Battle: Election Campaign Pamphlets, 1828-1876, Volume 2 - 1854-1876 (Paperback)
Joel H. Silbey
R1,178 Discovery Miles 11 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The nineteenth century was the heyday of furious contention between American political parties, and Joel Silbey has recaptured the drama and substance of those battles in a representative sampling of party pamphlets. Political parties mapped the landscape of electoral and ideological warfare, constructing images of themselves and of their adversaries that resonate and echo the basic characteristics of America's then reigning sets of ideas. The nature of political controversy, as well as the substance of politics, is embedded in these party documents, which both united and divided Americans. Unlike today's party platforms, these pamphlets explicated real issues and gave insight into the society at large. Andrew Jackson's Democrats, Millard Fillmore's Whigs, Abraham Lincoln's Republicans, and other, lesser-known parties are represented here. The pamphlets demonstrate how, for this fifty-year period, political parties were surrogates for American demands and values. Broad in scope, widely circulated, catalysts for heated debate over the decades, these pamphlets are important documents in the history of American politics.

In a brilliant monograph-length introduction, Silbey teases out and elucidates the themes each party stressed and took as its own in its fight for the soul of the nation.

Hitler and Film: The Fuhrer's Hidden Passion (Hardcover): Bill Niven Hitler and Film: The Fuhrer's Hidden Passion (Hardcover)
Bill Niven
R690 R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Save R97 (14%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

An expose of Hitler's relationship with film and his influence on the film industry A presence in Third Reich cinema, Adolf Hitler also personally financed, ordered, and censored films and newsreels and engaged in complex relationships with their stars and directors. Here, Bill Niven offers a powerful argument for reconsidering Hitler's fascination with film as a means to further the Nazi agenda. In this first English-language work to fully explore Hitler's influence on and relationship with film in Nazi Germany, the author calls on a broad array of archival sources. Arguing that Hitler was as central to the Nazi film industry as Goebbels, Niven also explores Hitler's representation in Third Reich cinema, personally and through films focusing on historical figures with whom he was associated, and how Hitler's vision for the medium went far beyond "straight propaganda." He aimed to raise documentary film to a powerful art form rivaling architecture in its ability to reach the masses.

Messing with the Enemy Lib/E - Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News (Standard... Messing with the Enemy Lib/E - Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News (Standard format, CD)
Clint Watts; Read by Joe Knezevich
R1,355 R995 Discovery Miles 9 950 Save R360 (27%) Out of stock
Outrage, Inc. Lib/E - How the Liberal Mob Ruined Science, Journalism, and Hollywood (Standard format, CD): Derek Hunter Outrage, Inc. Lib/E - How the Liberal Mob Ruined Science, Journalism, and Hollywood (Standard format, CD)
Derek Hunter
R1,355 R995 Discovery Miles 9 950 Save R360 (27%) Out of stock
Year Of The Rat - Undercover In The British Far Right (Paperback): Harry Shukman Year Of The Rat - Undercover In The British Far Right (Paperback)
Harry Shukman
R380 R315 Discovery Miles 3 150 Save R65 (17%) Pre-order

The British far right is working to dismantle our democracy. This shocking, eye-opening undercover journey reveals who they are, how they operate and how they are normalising extreme ideologies including eugenics.

In summer 2024, riots swept England in the biggest wave of far-right violence in the post-war period. But far-right activity takes many other forms as well, all of them dangerous.

Journalist Harry Shukman knows the dangers all too well: he’d gone undercover to infiltrate these groups. For over a year, he carefully attached his hidden lapel camera and pretended to be an extremist named Chris.

We follow Shukman as he hangs out in the pub with a secretive community network, canvasses with political party Britain First and attends a neo-Nazi conference. We meet a circle of Holocaust deniers, a race science organisation with a major Silicon Valley investor and right-wing think tanks supported by Conservative policymakers. What we witness is hard to believe, or stomach.

Year of the Rat is a gripping and urgent exposé – nail-bitingly tense, darkly absurd and utterly chilling. Risking his safety and sanity, Shukman has removed the far right’s terrifyingly everyday mask. Now, we must ensure it stays off.

The Reckoning - America's Trauma And Finding A Way To Heal (Paperback, Export/Airside): Mary L. Trump The Reckoning - America's Trauma And Finding A Way To Heal (Paperback, Export/Airside)
Mary L. Trump
R407 Discovery Miles 4 070 Ships in 5 - 7 working days

The Reckoning will examine America's national trauma, rooted in its long history of slavery and civil rights abuses, but dramatically exacerbated by the impact of recent events and the Trump administration's corrupt and immoral policies.

America's failure to acknowledge this trauma, let alone root it out, has allowed it to metastasize. Whether it manifests itself in rising levels of rage and hatred, or hopelessness and apathy, the stress of living in a country many no longer recognize has affected everyone. America is suffering from PTSD - a new leader alone cannot fix it.

An enormous amount of healing must be done to rebuild faith in America's leadership and hope for the nation. It starts with The Reckoning.

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