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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457520603321

Autore

Bytwerk Randall L

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, Mich., : Michigan State University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-62895-175-3

0-87013-899-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Rhetoric and public affairs series

Disciplina

303.3/75/094309043

Soggetti

Propaganda, German - History

Nazi propaganda

Propaganda, Communist - Germany (East) - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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