Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to influence the way we think and reason about public issues. Even so, many of us believe that propaganda and manipulation aren't problems for us--not in the way they were for the totalitarian societies of the mid-twentieth century. In How Propaganda Works, Jason Stanley demonstrates that more attention needs to be paid....

A truly international, authoritative A-Z guide to five centuries of propaganda, in both wartime and peacetime, which covers key moments, techniques, concepts, and some of the most influential propagandists in history.

"Shows in illuminating detail how the Allied and Axis forces used visual images and other propaganda material to sway public opinion during World War II. Gives the reader primary source examples of World War II propaganda, answering the need for the study of images that is necessary in today's history study."--Amazon.com.

Examines every kind of propaganda, and how these messages have been conveyed in the pages of comic books over the last 100 years. Subject areas include racism, xenophobia, drug issues and religion. Looks at global, visual history of contentious, outrageous, unusual and politically charged comics ever published.