Broadsides and Bayonets: The Propaganda War of the American Revolution
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Broadsides and Bayonets: The Propaganda War of the American RevolutionDescription
Berger examines how both the British and the American colonists used newspapers, pamphlets, speeches, political cartoons, and even music to sway public opinion, while also tracing how the conflict's propaganda efforts spread to Europe and engaged the talents of Benjamin Franklin and John Adams in America's first organized overseas propaganda campaign.Context
Brings together the known and little-known propaganda and subversion activities of Patriots and Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War into a single, authoritative narrative, establishing it as a foundational study of early American psychological warfare.Category
Propaganda