Roger Fenton's 1855 photo of the Crimean war
War and Subversion:
“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to the totalitarian state.”
Noam Chomsky (2002) Media Control, pp.20-21
World War II
1939-1945 UK
National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939
all men 18-41 liable for conscription
National Service 1941
unmarried women between 20-30 called up
birth of modern propaganda techniques
used to generate public support for war
used to mobilise non-combatants i.e.
civilians, in support of the “war effort”
Posters for Recruitment:
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