Propaganda

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(PP) National crises are manufactured with some regularity. Examples include the world wars, the Great Depression, the cold war, immigrant "invasions," drug wars and "the global war on terrorism." These crises, though grounded in real-world events, are also rhetorical events as propagandists on both sides look for ways to create and demonize "them" while uniting "us." 340 examines their strategies, constraints, themes and effects. Course assignments will incorporate instruction on historiographic research.