num_pages: 54
description: s/t: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda "Propaganda," says Noam Chomsky, "is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state"--in other words, the means by which leaders keep the masses in line. In this slim pamphlet, he looks at American propaganda efforts, from the warmongering of Woodrow Wilson to the creation of popular support for the 1991 military intervention in Kuwait, and reveals how falsification of history, suppression of information, and the promotion of vapid, empty concepts have become standard operating procedure for the leaders of the United States--both Democrats and Republicans--in their efforts to prevent citizens from raising awkward questions about U.S. policy.
language: English
title: Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
titlecomplete: Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
characters: Alexander Cockburn, Harold Lasswell, Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Norman Podhoretz, George F. Kennan, John Dewey, Woodrow Wilson, Joseph Goebbels, Clayton Keith Yeutter, Reinhold Niebuhr, Manuel Noriega, José Napoleón Duarte, Edward Bernays, Walter Lippmann, George H.W. Bush, Henry B. Gonzalez, Adlai Stevenson II, Armando Valladares, Ronald Reagan, Barbara Boxer, Fidel Castro, Herbert Anaya, John F. Kennedy
genres: American, Politics, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Nonfiction, Sociology, Journalism, History, Society
ratings_count: 7514
places: Golan Heights, Cape Town, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
publisher: Seven Stories Press