Easily Led: A History of Propaganda

Easily Led: A History of Propaganda on englanninkielinen tietokirja propagandasta ja sen historiasta. Kirjan alkuvaiheissa määritellään propagandaa ja edetään siinä useimmiten käytettyihin keinoihin. Toinen osio keskittyy eri aikakausina ilmenneeseen propagandaan sen alkuhistoriasta 1990-luvun loppuun.

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Preface vii
Part One: Analysis

1. Introduction: defining where propaganda begins and ends 2
2. How do we know it works? the evidence 6
3. What was it all for? Analysis by objectives 7
4. Tentacles: the range of media used 13
5. Tricks of the trade (1): heart rather than head 46
6. Tricks of the trade (2): devices used to achieve effect 49
7. Tricks of the trade (3): the uses of fantasy and fable 63
8. The dangers of not going far enough 72
9. The dangers of going too far 74
10. How often did it work? Response analysis 84

Part Two: History

11. Introduction 88
12. Early civilizations 90
13. Classical period 100
14. Christian era 113
15. Dark ages 120
16. Early middle ages 133
17. Later middle ages 154
18. Renaissance 166
19. Reformation 176
20. Civil wars 188
21. Age of absolutism 196

22. Revolutions 209
23. Empire and nationalism 220
24. Pressure groups and party politics 233
25. More empire builders 237
26. Age of missionaries 255
27. First world war and revolution 259
28. Dictators 268
29. Democratic propaganda 282
30. Decolonization and the cold war 287
31. Drift left and right 301
32. Propaganda and the fall of communism 312
33. The decade of spin 318
Epilogue 327
Bibliography 332

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