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BL
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995339
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b749709
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| Main Entry
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Axelrod, Alan,1952-
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| Title & Author
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Selling the Great War : : the making of American propaganda /\ Alan Axelrod.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
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xii, 244 pages ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0230605036
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: 9780230605039
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-238) and index.
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| Contents
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Making of a muckraker -- Muckraker on the make -- Too proud to fight -- Safe for democracy -- Conjuring the committee -- A monopoly on the news -- Invasion of the four-minute men -- The look of war -- Combat comes to classroom and factory -- Hyphenated America -- Exporting the message -- Legacy.
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| Abstract
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Selling the Great War is the story of maverick journalist George Creel and the epoch-making government agency he built and led using the emerging industries of mass advertising and public relations to convince isolationist America to join World War I. Authorized by President Woodrow Wilson and created and run by Creel, the Committee on Public Information had one goal: to monopolize every medium and avenue of communication in order to forge a nation of warriors for democracy. Alan Axelrod offers a fascinating investigation of America on the cusp of becoming a world power and how its first and most extensive propaganda machine attained unprecedented results.
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Creel, George,1876-1953.
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Creel, George,1876-1953.
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United States.
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United States.
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University of South Alabama
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Journalists-- United States, Biography.
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Political consultants-- United States, Biography.
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Politicians-- United States, Biography.
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Propaganda, American-- History-- 20th century.
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Public opinion-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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World War, 1914-1918-- Propaganda.
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World War, 1914-1918-- Public opinion.
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World War, 1914-1918-- United States.
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World War, 1914-1918-- United States.
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Journalists.
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Journalists.-- United States., Biography.
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Kriegseintritt
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Öffentliche Meinung
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Political consultants.
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Political consultants.-- United States., Biography.
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Politicians-- United States., Biography.
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Politicians.
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Propaganda
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Propaganda, American.
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Propaganda.
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Public opinion.
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Weltkrieg
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World War, 1914-1918-- Public opinion.
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World War, 1914-1918-- United States.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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324.2092
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| LC Classification
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E748.C937A98 2009
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| NLM classification
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AP 17340rvk
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NP 5250rvk
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