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Thanks for the Wikipedia link. I'll post here a portion of the page because I think it's incredibly insightful: > Anne Morelli has summarized and systematized
by Udik 8y ago
Thanks for the Wikipedia link. I'll post here a portion of the page because I think it's incredibly insightful:
> Anne Morelli has summarized and systematized the contents of Ponsonby's classic in "ten commandments of propaganda":
1- We do not want war.
2- The opposite party alone is guilty of war.
3- The enemy is the face of the devil.
4- We defend a noble cause, not our own interest.
5- The enemy systematically commits cruelties; our mishaps are involuntary.
6- The enemy uses forbidden weapons.
7- We suffer small losses, those of the enemy are enormous.
8- Artists and intellectuals back our cause.
9- Our cause is sacred.
10- All who doubt our propaganda, are traitors.
- freeflight 8y agoI should have added a general recommendation for the book itself, because it's an extremely interesting and eye-opening read. Negative national stereotypes have always existed, but during WWI whole governments put in organized efforts to purposefully paint these stereotypes. Usually, most people think of Hitler and WWII when talking about "propaganda war", but WWI already had plenty of that going on, on all involved sides.