propaganda

Explores the use of propaganda as a government and business way of manipulating the general public.

American linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky examines the role of the media in contemporary politics, arguing that the type of democracy that the U.S. holds depends upon the uninformed, "bewildered herd" and uses propaganda to justify its domestic policies and international actions.

Noam Chomsky, social critic, discusses Western power and propaganda with filmmaker and investigative journalist Andre Vltchek.

World War I is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting in trenches, aided by brutal machinery that cost the lives of many. But behind all of this an intellectual war was also being fought between engineers, chemists, code-breakers, physicists, doctors, mathematicians, and intelligence gatherers. This hidden war was to make a positive and lasting contribution to how war was conducted on land, at sea, and in the air, and most importantly, life at home.

Contains 510 alphabetically arranged essays that provide information about the historical, political, sociological, cultural, and artistic aspects of propaganda, focusing on the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; and includes bibliographies, cross-references, maps, charts, photographs, and an index.

Presents opposing viewpoints about various aspects of forestry, including the management of national forests and the question of how much damage is done by logging and acid rain.

A satirical novel about the utopia of the future, a world in which babies are decanted from bottles and the great Ford is worshipped.