Hitler, Roosevelt, and the nature of war propaganda

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3933822
AutoresRalph K White (autor de correspondencia)
Año1949
Volumen44
Número2
Páginas157-174
Fecha de publicación1949-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Abnormal & Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0096-851X
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/h0056667
PMID18121197
OpenAlexW2026285246
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas24
Referencias citadas2

Statistical value analysis of Hitler's and Roosevelt's speeches between 1935 and 1939 shows that both men used frequent appeals to traditional moral values and to ideas of national grandeur. Both painted a simple black picture of the opposition. The main distinction was that Hitler emphasized ideas of persecution and need for strength, whereas Roosevelt stressed economic values and concern for welfare of other peoples. By painting a paranoid picture of world events, Hitler strengthened German hostilities and distorted their interpretation of events while clamoring for peace. This analysis shows the danger in present Soviet and U.S. propaganda in which both sides paint a completely black picture of the opposition and interpret every action in terms of a paranoid fear of attack. 23 references. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Psychoanalysis · Academic Freedom and Politics · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies