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France At War in the Twentieth Century - Propaganda, Myth, and Metaphor (Hardcover)
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France At War in the Twentieth Century - Propaganda, Myth, and Metaphor (Hardcover)
Series: Contemporary France
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France experienced four major conflicts in the fifty years between
1914 and 1964: two world wars, and the wars in Indochina and
Algeria. In each the role of myth was intricately bound up with
memory, hope, belief, and ideas of nation. This is the first book
to explore how individual myths were created, sustained, and used
for purposes of propaganda, examining in detail not just the press,
radio, photographs, posters, films, and songs that gave credence to
an imagined event or attributed mythical status to an individual,
but also the cultural processes by which such artifacts were
disseminated and took effect. Reliance on myth, so the authors
argue, is shown to be one of the most significant and durable
features of 20th century warfare propaganda, used by both sides in
all the conflicts covered in this book. However, its effective and
useful role in time of war notwithstanding, it does distort a
population's perception of reality and therefore often results in
defeat: the myth-making that began as a means of sustaining belief
in France's supremacy, and later her will and ability to resist,
ultimately proved counterproductive in the process of
decolonization.
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