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Author Secunda, Eugene.

Title Selling war to America : from the Spanish American War to the global war on terror / Eugene Secunda and Terence P. Moran
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007

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Description 231 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Introduction : Selling war to America -- The splendid little war : the Spanish-American War -- The great war : World War I -- The good war : World War II -- The forgotten war : Korea -- The domino theory war : Vietnam -- Operation Desert Storm : the Persian Gulf War -- The global war on terror : Iraq -- What we learned
Summary "Since the end of the 19th century, the relative skillfulness of the U.S. government's propaganda efforts have largely determined the American public's willingness to support the wars the United States has waged. The job of informing and persuading America to support its war efforts has become increasingly more challenging as media technologies, like the Internet and the instant global coverage of television news, reach into every American home. Selling War to America begins its examination with the U.S. government's campaign to instigate a war with Spain and ends with a review of the methods the government is using now to encourage support for the War Against Terrorism."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-223) and index
Subject Communication in politics -- United States -- History.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
SUBJECT United States -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140338
Author Moran, Terence P.
LC no. 2007016229
ISBN 9780275995232 alkaline paper
0275995232 alkaline paper