Munitions of the mind

A history of propaganda (3rd ed.)

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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New edition of a classic work on the history of propaganda. Topical new chapters on the 1991 Gulf War, September 11 and terrorism. An ideal textbook for all international courses covering media and communication studies. Considers the history of propaganda and how it has become increasingly pervasive due to access to ever-complex and versatile media. Written in an accessible style and format, this book has proven its appeal to the general reader as the public becomes more and more cynical of the manipulations of the political sphere.

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Utgivningsdatum:2003-07-31
Mått:137 x 216 x 28 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:360
Upplaga:3
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9780719067679

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Philip M. Taylor is Professor of International Communications at the University of Leeds

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AcknowledgementsPreface to the Third EditionIntroduction Looking through a glass onion: Propaganda, psychological warfare and persuasionPart One Propaganda in the Ancient World1. In the beginning…2. Ancient Greece3. The glory that was RomePart Two Propaganda in the Middle Ages4. The ‘Dark Ages’ to 10665. The Norman Conquest6. The Chivalric Code7. The Crusades8. The Hundred Years WarPart Three Propaganda in the age of gunpowder and printing9. The Gutenburg Galaxy10. Renaissance warfare11. The Reformation and the War of Religious Ideas12. Tudor propaganda13. The Thirty Years Way (1618–48)14. The English Civil War (1642–6)15. Louis XIV (1661–1715)Part Four Propaganda in the age of revolutionary warfare16. The Press as an agent of liberty17. The American Revolution18. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars19. War and public opinion in the nineteenth centuryPart Five Propaganda in the age of Total War and Cold War20. Warand the communications revolution21. The First World War22. The Bolshevik Revolution and the War of Ideologies (1917–39)23. The Second World War24. Propaganda, Cold War and the advent of the Television AgePart six The New World Information Disorder25. The Gulf War of 199126. Information age conflict in the post-Cold War era27. The world after September 11th 2001Bibliographical essayIndex