num_pages: 9
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
titlecomplete: Media Control (Open Media)
characters: Woodrow Wilson, Manuel Noriega, John Dewey, Saddam Hussein, Alexander Cockburn, Herbert Anaya, Adolf Hitler, Fidel Castro, Harold Lasswell, Barbara Boxer, Adlai Stevenson II, Ronald Reagan, Edward Bernays, Clayton Keith Yeutter, Walter Lippmann, Armando Valladares, Henry B. Gonzalez, José Napoleón Duarte, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Goebbels, Reinhold Niebuhr, George H.W. Bush, Norman Podhoretz, George F. Kennan
genres: Political Science, History, Sociology, Politics, Philosophy, American, Psychology, Nonfiction, Journalism, Society
ratings_count: 7510
places: Golan Heights, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cape Town
publisher: Seven Stories Press