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Propaganda of World War II: Strategies of Persuasion

PWR 2SW - Winter 2013 - Instructor: Wyle, S.
Last Updated: 9-Jan-2013

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A guide to resources for PWR 2SW: Propaganda of World War II: Strategies of Persuasion. Topics include: the rhetoric of eugenics, political speeches, and war posters.

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Background/reference sources:

Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your research-based argument.

Encyclopedia of media and propaganda in wartime America / Martin J. Manning and Clarence R. Wyatt, editors.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2011.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » E181 .E6313 2011 V.1
Encyclopedia of World War II : a political, social and military history / Spencer C. Tucker, editor, Priscilla Mary Roberts, editor volume 5.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio, c2005.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » D740 .E516 2005 V.1
The Hitler filmography : worldwide feature film and television miniseries portrayals, 1940 through 2000 / by Charles P. Mitchell.
Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., 2002.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » PN1995.9 .H514 M58 2002

Selected subject terms:

Motion pictures in propaganda
World War, 1939-1945 psychological
Try these words: Caricatures and cartoons, Pictorial works, Political aspects, psychological warfare, songs and music

Suggested books:

Affirming psychosis : the mass appeal of Adolf Hitler / Paul Matussek, Peter Matussek, Jan Marbach ; [translated by Anna Brailovsky].
Frankfurt am Main ; New York : P. Lang, c2007.
Green » Stacks » DD247 .H5 M29313 2007
A century of media, a century of war / Robin Andersen.
New York : Peter Lang, c2006.
Green » Stacks » E745 .A54 2006
World War II in cartoons / [compiled by] Mark Bryant.
London : Grub Street, 1989.
Green » Stacks » D745.2 .W68 1989 F

Selected databases (from Searchworks):

Academic Search Premier
"Choose databases" to add: Historical Abstracts and Index to Jewish Periodicals
JSTOR
ProQuest Research Library

Audio Resources:

Selected films:

Television under the swastika [videorecording] : unseen footage from the Third Reich / written and directed by Michael Kloft ; a Spiegel TV production ; DVD produced by International Historic Films.
Chicago, IL : International Historic Films, c2001, c1999.
Green » Media-Microtext (Lower Level) » ZDVD 4789
Triumph des Willens [videorecording] : das Dokument vom Reichsparteitag 1934 = Triumph of the will / gestaltet von Leni Riefenstahl.
Special ed. Bloomington, IL : Synapse Films, c2000.
Art » Request at Loan Desk » ZDVD 2271