These are introduced by framing essays that summarize major historical events and related propaganda efforts. Historical context gives shape to this two-volume work, which is grouped into chapters corresponding with specific periods (“American Civil War,” “Cold War”). For example, the entry on the Ghost Dance, a term applied to a pair of ceremonial dances originated by Paiute and Sioux Indians in the 19th century, not only charts its historical origins but describes how the dance functioned as both a ritual to invoke the return of buffalo and, later, a way of organizing and empowering Indians in opposition to white Colonialism.
Articles are concise and engaging, defining topics according to their key sociopolitical messages. 1750), to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Department of State, and Wyatt, a Professor of History at Centre College, have blended military and social history with media studies, making this work useful for a broad range of students and other researchers.ĮMPWA covers the period from the origins of the French and Indian Wars (approx.
Editors Manning, a librarian at the Bureau of Public Diplomacy, U.S. ABC-Clio’s Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America offers a unique treatment of conflict-related events and people that “were noteworthy for the media and propaganda they generated” (xix).
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