Justifying War: Propaganda, Politics and the Modern Age

by David Welch (Editor), Jo Fox (Editor)

Introduction; D.Welch & J.Fox PART EMPIRE, WAR AND THE MODERN IMPERIALISM AND CONFLICT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Justifying the South African Boer Propaganda, 1899-1902; F-J.Pretorius Justifying 'New Imperialism': The Making of Colonial Heroes, 1857-1902; B.Sèbe PART THE FIRST WORLD CONFLICT AND AFTERMATH War Aims and the 'Big Ideas' of 1914; D.Welch 'Why We Are At War': Justifying War in Britain, 1914; C.Pennell Advertising and the Public in Britain during the First World War; J.Aulich Justifying Chemical The Origins and Ethics of Britain's Chemical Warfare Programme, 1915-1939; U.Schmidt Britain's 'Last Crusade': From War Propaganda to War Commemoration, c. 1914-1930; S.Goebel PART THE SECOND WORLD JUSTIFYING GLOBAL CONFLICT Saving British Opinion and the Coming of War in 1939; R.Overy 'There will be no war': The Daily Express and the Approach of War, 1938-39; S.Nicholas Fighting for World War II and a Century of American War Propaganda; S.Brewer From War Talk to Rights War Aims and Human Rights in the Second World War; J.Winter PART COLD JUSTIFYING IDEOLOGIES 'The Great Movement to Resist America and Assist Korea': How Beijing Sold the Korean War; G.D.Rawnsley Aesthetic The 'Two Cultures' Theory at the Outset of the Cold War; O.Johnson Justifying The United States Information Agency's Vietnam Campaign for International Audiences; N.Cull PART INTO THE MODERN JUSTIFYING WAR IN THE 21ST CENTURY Humanitarian Justifying Western Military Intervention, 1991-2001; S.Badsey Cosmopolitanism and Precautionary War; P.Hammond Justifying the Iraq War and Managing the A Comparative Historical Analysis; R.Johnson Losing the (Information) War on Terror; P.M.Taylor The Role of the Media in Justifying and Promoting a Practioner's Perspective; P.Knightley Select Bibliography

414 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2012