Germany and Propaganda in World War I
Pacifism, Mobilization and Total War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23522631 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Welch (0000-0002-7066-2830) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Germany and Propaganda in World War I (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | I.B. Tauris (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9780755624126 |
| OpenAlex | W4252353217 |
| ISBN | 9780755624126 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Adolf Hitler, writing in Mein Kampf, was scathing in his condemnation of German propaganda in World War I, declaring that Germany failed to recognise that the mobilization of public opinion was a weapon of the first order. This, despite the fact that propaganda had been regarded by the German leadership, arguably for the first time, as an intrinsic part of the war effort. In this book, David Welch fully examines German society - politics, propaganda, public opinion and total war - in the Great War. Drawing on a wide range of sources - posters, newspapers, journals, film, Parliamentary debates, police and military reports and private papers - he argues that the moral collapse of Germany was due less to the failure to disseminate propaganda than to the inability of the military authorities and the Kaiser to reinforce this propaganda, and to acknowledge the importance of public opinion in forging an
German · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · World War II · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Visual Culture and Art Theory · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |