These stories are not unique cases from a remote war. The same methods are constantly rinsed and repeated, the mentality in our ruling elites is the same, and the risk of a major conflict is as great today as in 1914. These examples concentrate mostly on British/American perception management and propaganda. First of all, because they are masters of the art, and secondly, as victors they still dominate the narrative. Arthur Ponsonby and Falsehood in Wartime After the Great War came a huge backlash of disillusion and revulsion. Calmly analysed, most of what had been told in the war turned … Continue reading Propaganda During World War I