{"product_id":"why-america-fights-patriotism-and-war-propaganda-from-the-philippines-to-iraq-9780199753963","title":"Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq","description":"On the evening of September 11, 2002, with the Statue of Liberty shimmering in the background, television cameras captured President George W. Bush as he advocated the charge for war against Iraq. This carefully staged performance, writes Susan Brewer, was the culmination of a long tradition\u003cbr\u003eof sophisticated wartime propaganda in America. \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWhy America Fights\u003c\/em\u003e, Brewer offers a fascinating history of how successive presidents have conducted what Donald Rumsfeld calls perception management, from McKinley's war in the Philippines to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Her intriguing account ranges from analyses of wartime messages to\u003cbr\u003edescriptions of the actual operations, from the dissemination of patriotic ads and posters to the management of newspaper, radio, and TV media. When Woodrow Wilson carried the nation into World War I, he created the Committee on Public Information, led by George Creel, who called his job the\u003cbr\u003eworld's greatest adventure in advertising. In World War II, Roosevelt's Office of War Information avowed a strategy of truth, though government propaganda still depicted Japanese soldiers as buck-toothed savages. After examining the ultimately failed struggle to cast the Vietnam War in a\u003cbr\u003efavorable light, Brewer shows how the Bush White House drew explicit lessons from that history as it engaged in an unprecedented effort to sell a preemptive war in Iraq. Yet the thrust of its message was not much different from McKinley's pronouncements about America's civilizing mission. \u003cbr\u003eImpressively researched and argued, filled with surprising details, \u003cem\u003eWhy America Fights\u003c\/em\u003e shows how presidents have consistently drummed up support for foreign wars by appealing to what Americans want to believe about themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan A. Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199753963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan A. Brewer\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eTo Win the Peace: British Propaganda in the United States during World War II\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39937648722035,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":33.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0ae6524f-2ceb-48b6-ab94-af0e61c7d3ac.jpg?v=1647994918","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/why-america-fights-patriotism-and-war-propaganda-from-the-philippines-to-iraq-9780199753963","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}