Propaganda and Foreign Policy
Positive Necessity or Necessary Evil
1st Edition
Published on 5. January 2026
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-415-35444-8 (ISBN)
Description
In recent decades, advances in communications technology, coupled with international conflicts and societal upheavals, have again highlighted the importance of the use of propaganda by both state and non-state organisations in the international arena. This book explores the dimensions of propaganda, in both theory and practice, using examples such as the Bolshevik campaigns and the Gulf War to illuminate its possibilities and limitations as a foreign policy tool.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
498 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-35444-8 (9780415354448)
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Persons
Caroline Page was a Desk Officer in the Ministry of Defence in the 1970s. Subsequently she took a PhD at the University of Reading, UK, holding an International Fellowship at Georgetown University, USA, during her PhD studies, before moving to the Foreign Broadcast Information Service in 1984 as an Editor responsible for political information from and on the former Soviet Union. From 1990 to 2014 she was a University Lecturer specialising in foreign policy analysis, with a concentration on propaganda and public opinion, particularly U.S. official propaganda, the Vietnam War, and European government and public opinion.
Michael Day was educated at Coventry University, UK, gaining his PhD in 2013. He published an article while still a PhD student, and as an independent academic currently writes an International Relations blog for an on-line newspaper.
Michael Day was educated at Coventry University, UK, gaining his PhD in 2013. He published an article while still a PhD student, and as an independent academic currently writes an International Relations blog for an on-line newspaper.
Content
Part 1: Propaganda in Theory 1. Introduction to Propaganda: Conceptions and Misconceptions 2. Sources of Propaganda and Counter-Propaganda in Modern Society: Image-Building and Destruction 3. The Role of Propaganda in Modern Society: Elite Tool and Societal Cement 4. Propaganda in New and Established Regimes: Necessities, Luxuries and Legitimacy 5. Propaganda in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes: Morality versus Utility? 6. Foreign Policy and Propaganda: Potential and Limitations Part 2: The Practice of Propaganda 7. Propaganda from New Regimes: The Bolshevik and Khomeyni Regimes Compared 8. The US in Vietnam and the USSR in Afghanistan: Democratic and Authoritarian Propaganda at War 9. The USSR and Eastern Europe: Propaganda Failure or the Triumph of the West? 10. The Gulf War and Propaganda: Lessons from the Past, Problems for the Future? 11. South Korea and North Korea: Tigers and Dinosaurs?