Propaganda

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Opinion: The failure of Russian propaganda

03 May 2022

Russia's years-long information war has failed to build support among Russian-speaking Ukrainians, especially in Donbas, argues Dr Jon Roozenbeek.

Research exposes long-term failure of Russian propaganda

03 May 2022

A study of the propaganda that flooded Donbas for years reveals a failure to build pro-Russian 'in-group' identities in the region, despite Putin’s...

Exposing a Nazi: The exhibition destroying a myth

13 Jun 2019

In 1941, the Nazis banned Emil Nolde from painting, for life. For the past 50 years, many Germans have viewed him as the persecuted artist but now a...

General Sir Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem in December 1917. The widely-circulated image of him entering the Old City on foot conjured up images of Christ-like humility in the Bible in a calculated attempt to win over hearts and minds.

A conflict of Biblical proportions: How the Bible was used to turn the First World War into a Holy War

08 Nov 2015

The significance of the Bible in the war, and anti-war efforts, of both Allied and Central powers in the First World War are to be examined in a new...

Totalitarianism, violence and the silent majority

06 Mar 2013

The ‘horrifying genius’ of Soviet totalitarianism and its ability to control and quell protest will be examined tonight by Pulitzer Prize-winning...

Detail from 'How many millions are starving? Ten' by Vladimir Maiakovskii

A Soviet Design for Life

03 Jul 2012

A unique tour through the Soviet century – via one woman’s extraordinary collection of books, propaganda posters, ration coupons and even cigarette...

An extract from the original psychoanalysis.

Inside Hitler’s mind

04 May 2012

A secret report, previously unknown to historians, shows how British Intelligence was tracking Hitler’s growing preoccupation with “the enemy within...

American toys for American boys and girls

Cold War PR - spinning the ideological battlefront

07 Dec 2011

The persuasive powers of Cold War PR, until now little recognised or discussed, was the subject of a three-day conference at Cambridge University.