“It has been said that the United States was deceived into entering and expanding the Vietnam War by its own overoptimistic propaganda. The record suggests, however, that the policy-makers stayed in Vietnam not so much because of overly optimistic hopes of winning ... as because of overly pessimistic assessments of the consequences of losing.” Has BeensSaidWarStatesWinningUnitedUnited StatesRecordsPolicyLosingConsequenceOptimisticPropagandaMakersVietnamEnteringExpandingDeceivedVietnam WarPessimisticAssessmentPolicy Makers Book:The real war: the classic reporting on the Vietnam War with a new essay Source: The real war: the classic reporting on the Vietnam War with a new essay
“America ... holds up its way of life as the ideal for every nation, and seeks to impose its own standards of living - which many people think ridiculously and unwholesomely high - on others, partly of course in the search for markets. If it were openly stated that it was just a search for markets, that would be one thing, but it is not; by a tremendous propaganda campaign this materialistic conception is held up as an ideal, as somehow part of liberty, and above all, as a form of happiness.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWould BeAmericaFormCoursesNationsLibertyUnited StatesOne ThingStandardsIdealsCampaignsPropagandaConceptionImperialismGlobalizationMaterialisticStandards Of Living Author:Ann Bridge
“As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the '50s, for example, there was a great deal of Soviet propaganda here in the United States, but it was clumsy, and it was anchored to a lot of ideological support in certain circles in America itself.” LooksWarStatesAmericaCertainUnitedDealsUnited StatesSupportExampleColdCirclesPropagandaSovietCold WarIdeologicalClumsySoviet Propaganda Author:Alexander Haig
“When I came back to the United States, I decided that if you could use propaganda for war, you could certainly use it for peace. And "propaganda" got to be a bad word because of the Germans using it, so what I did was to try and find some other words so we found the word "councelor of public relations".” IfsTryingWarStatesUseFoundUnitedUnited StatesDecidedRelationPropagandaPublic RelationsBad Word Author:Edward Bernays
“There is a system of terroristic states-the real terror network-that has spread throughout Latin America and elsewhere over the past several decades, and which is deeply rooted in the corporate interest and sustaining political-military-financial propaganda mechanisms of the United States and its allies in the Free World.” WorldRealStatesAmericaPastPoliticalInterestUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryFinancialTerrorSpreadDecadesCorporatePropagandaLatinAlliesMechanismElsewhereRootedOver The PastLatin AmericaSustainingFree World Author:Edward S. Herman
“The United States is not only number one in military power but also in the effectiveness of its propaganda system.” StatesUnitedNumbersUnited StatesMilitaryPropagandaEffectivenessMilitary Power Author:Edward S. Herman