British Propaganda and the State in the First World WarIn 1914, advertising was much less sophisticated that it is today, radio was in its infancy, television was undeveloped, telephones were just coming into use, the gargantuan party rallies of Hitler or Mussolini were still in the future, and the idea of using ocmmunications media to control the thoughts of an entire population was new, relatively unexplored, and not of interest to governments to any great extent. Propaganda was a part of life before 1914, and the term was coming into increasingly widespread usage. But other institutions of society, such as the church, the press, business, political parties, and philanthropy, were the major producers - not government. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Propaganda and the state | 7 |
Charles Masterman | 24 |
Sir Gilbert Parker | 53 |
Lord Bryce | 70 |
John Buchan | 85 |
Sir George Cockerill | 99 |
Douglas Brownrigg 110 | 110 |
H G Wells 184 | 184 |
Horatio Bottomley 200 | 200 |
Sir Charles Higham 213 | 213 |
Arnold Bennett 225 | 225 |
C E Montague 235 | 235 |
The legacy 249 | 249 |
Notes 257 | 257 |
Bibliography 273 | 273 |
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