Censorship and Propaganda in World War I

EBERHARD DEMM is a retired professor of German Civilization at the University Lyon III. He also taught at the Universities of Alberta at Edmonton, Amsterdam, Paris X and Paris XII, and, as a visiting professor, at Heidelberg, Berlin (Humboldt and Freie Universität) and Riga. He has published widely on the First World War, Wilhelmine Germany and Alfred Weber.

• Introduction 1. Censorship2. Propaganda - Aims and Organisation 3. What Were the Principal Arguments of Propaganda?4. How did the Techniques and the Distribution of Propaganda Function?5. How Were Entertainment and the Visual Arts Transformed by Propaganda6. Which Groups Were Especially Targeted and How Did They React?7. Selected Propagandists8. Anti-War Propaganda9. How Successful Were Censorship and Propaganda?10. Still Going On: The Legacy of War Censorship and Propaganda11. Iconography of Censorship and Propaganda12. Organograms of Censorship and PropagandaAppendixIndex

It is an ambitious claim to call a single volume a comprehensive history of censorship and propaganda in World War I, yet Eberhard Demm has provided just such a book ... Demm’s book can serve as a cornerstone for future research. Scholars will have to address Demm, whether it is to build upon his foundation or to question his conclusions. For that, historians should be grateful.