This work has been designed as an easily readable survey of propaganda and its history from 1500 to the present. An extensive introduction defines propaganda and traces its origins, concluding with a discussion of the importance of propaganda in the twentieth century and the increasing prominence given to it. The introduction also notes that, although propaganda often serves to "dictate what one should think," it is not necessarily evil.
The Language of War explores how military discourse has entered mainstream use. By analyzing the interaction between verbal and visual language in military propaganda, this demonstrates the ways in which language is used in construct opposing sides during armed conflict.
Munitions of the Mind: A History of Propaganda
A classic work, Munitions of the mind traces how propaganda has formed
part of the fabric of conflict since the dawn of warfare, and how in
its broadest definition it has also been part of a process of
persuasion at the heart of human communication
