Bending spines : the propagandas of Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic / Randall L. Bytwerk

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bytwerk, Randall L.

Series:

Rhetoric and public affairs series

Language:

English

Genre:

Llibres electrònics

Physical Description:

1 recurs en línia (241 p.)

Other Title:

Propagandas of Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, cop. 2004

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why do totalitarian propaganda such as those created in Nazi Germany and the former German Democratic Republic initially succeed, and why do they ultimately fail? Outside observers often make two serious mistakes when they interpret the propaganda of this time. First, they assume the propaganda worked largely because they were supported by a police state, that people cheered Hitler and Honecker because they feared the consequences of not doing so. Second, they assume that propaganda really succeeded in persuading most of the citizenry that the Nuremberg rallies were a reflection of how most G

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Terms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: SECULAR FAITHS; Chapter 2: DOCTRINES; Chapter 3: HIERARCHIES; Chapter 4: EVANGELISTS; Chapter 5: MAPS OF REALITY; Chapter 6: ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT; Chapter 7: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE; Chapter 8: THE FAILURE OF PROPAGANDA; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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ISBN:

1-62895-175-3

0-87013-899-5

OCLC:

643864546