Henry Carter Hull

The Axis on the Air , first published in 1943, is a fascinating look at the use of radio for propaganda purposes by the Nazis, Japanese, and Italians during World War II. Author Harold Ettlinger, a columnist for the Chicago Sun, provides insight and numerous examples of Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels, famous traitors such as "Lord Haw Haw," Jane Anderson, and Ezra Pound, and Axis broadcasts to its own citizens as well as efforts to create unrest...

A clever, even witty examination of the manipulation of language in these days of neoliberal or late stage capitalism ( Counterpunch ). From Silicon Valley to the White House, from kindergarten to college, and from the factory floor to the church pulpit, we are all called to be innovators and entrepreneurs , to be curators of an ever-expanding roster of competencies , and to become resilient and flexible in the face of the insults and injuries we...

Prior to the U.S. entering WWII, a small coterie of British spies in Washington, D.C., was formed. They called themselves the Baker Street Irregulars after the band of street urchins who were the eyes and ears of Sherlock Holmes in some Arthur Conan Doyle stories. This group constituted the very beginning of what would become M16, the British version of the CIA, and they helped support the fledgling American intelligence service, known at the time...

"Propaganda Unveiled" is not just a book; it's a journey into the shadows of information manipulation. In this eye-opening exploration, we delve into the intricate world of propaganda techniques, lifting the veil on the strategies that shape public opinion and control narratives. From the subtle nuances of media manipulation to the psychology behind deceptive messaging, this book serves as a guide for readers seeking to decipher the hidden forces...

The Gleiwitz case reconstructs in detail the 1939 surprise attack by a Nazi unit on the radio station in Gleiwitz, a German town on the Polish border. This attack was blamed on Polish forces, thus served as Hitler's justification for marching into Poland and starting WWII. It shows how facts and opinions can be manipulated and how people are made to accept lies, murder and war. To depict fascism, director Gerhard Klein and his Czech cameraman, Jan...

Did you know that FBI agents knew all details of September 11 in advance, including the date, the targets, the means, the perpetrators? Did you know that their hierarchy forbade them to warn the public under threat of prosecution? Did you know that the FBI lost, manipulated, and even made disappear, evidence of what really happened? And that is only the beginning of this book. The time for an independent investigation on 9/11 and the FBI's (mis)conduct...

In this "brilliantly written" book, the author of Brave New World reflects on his dystopian classic--and its echoes in the real world decades later ( Kirkus Reviews ). Written almost thirty years after the publication of Aldous Huxley's groundbreaking dystopian novel, Brave New World Revisited compares the "future" of 1958 with his vision of it from the early 1930s. Touching on subjects as diverse as world population, drugs, subliminal suggestion,...

As relevant today as when it was first released, Faces of the enemy follows social psychologist Sam Keen as he unmasks how individuals and nations dehumanize their enemies to justify the inhumanity of war. Using archival news footage, public service announcements, and editorial cartoons, Keen unveils the same frightening pattern in conflict after conflict - World War II, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, Islamic and Christian Fundamentalism - and prefigures...

Learning how to tell news from fake news from fake fake news: An "important and timely" book on protecting ourselves, and society, from the infodemic ( Library Journal ). We have billions of bytes of data at our fingertips. But how much of it is misinformation -- or even disinformation? A lot of it is, and your search engine can't tell the difference. As a result, an avalanche of misinformation threatens to overwhelm the discourse we so desperately...