VERDADES JÁ ANTIGAS SOBRE A PROPAGANDA DE GUERRA

 

1. We don't want war.
2. The opposite camp alone is guilty of the war.
3. The enemy is inherently evil and resembles the devil.
4. We defend a noble cause, not our own interests.
5. The enemy commits atrocities on purpose; our mishaps are involuntary.
6. The enemy uses forbidden weapons.
7. We suffer small losses, those of the enemy are enormous.
8. Respected personalities, scientists, artists and intellectuals support our cause.
9. Our cause is sacred.
10. Anyone who doubt our reporting is a traitor.

Resumo das técnicas de propaganda feito pela historiadora belga Anne Morelli, a partir do livro de 1928 de Arthur Ponsonby, Falsehood in Wartime: Propaganda Lies of the First World War.