TY - BOOK AU - Welch,David TI - Propaganda: power and persuasion SN - 9780712357005 AV - HM 263 W439p 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - The British Library KW - Propaganda KW - History KW - Historia KW - 20150300 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 'A much maligned and misunderstood word' : a brief history of propaganda -- 'One people, one nation, one leader' : the propaganda of nationhood and leadership -- 'Your country needs you' : the propaganda of war -- 'Trap your germs!' : propaganda as public information -- 'Know your enemy' : case studies in negative propaganda -- 'We are all Americans now'? : propaganda in the 21st century N2 - Published to accompany a major exhibition of the British Library, Propaganda is all around us, used to promote a sense of common cause and belonging, change behaviour or influence ideas, as well as to mislead, deceive, even destroy. Perhaps the greatest and most sophisticated exponent of propaganda is the modern state ER -