Research Catalog

Title

Sykewar : psychological warfare against Germany, D-Day to VE-Day / by Daniel Lerner ; with a foreword by Robert A. McClure and a supplementary essay by Richard H.S. Crossman.

Author

Lerner, Daniel

Publication

New York : George W. Stewart, [1949]

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Details

Additional Authors

Crossman, R. H. S. (Richard Howard Stafford), 1907-1974.

Description

xviii, 463 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles; 22 cm

Series Statement

Library of policy sciences

Uniform Title

Library of policy sciences.

Subject

• Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Psychological Warfare Division
• Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Psychological Warfare Division
• 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 > Propaganda
• Propaganda
• World War, 1939-1945 > Propaganda
• World War II

Bibliography (note)

• "Bibliography and sources": p. 347-399.

Contents

I. Policy and Propaganda in World War II. Policy and the Propaganda Process -- Psychological Warfare in Total War -- The Case of Sykewar, World War II -- II. Making Sykewar Policy. Policy Complications of Coalition Warfare -- Function of War Aims -- Problems of Unconditional Surrender -- The Sykewar Policies -- Policy Position of PWD/SHAEF -- III. Organization for Sykewar. The Sykewar Mission -- Multiple Sykewar Agencies -- Place of PWD/SHAEF -- Internal Organization of Sykewar -- Significance of Sykewar Organization -- IV. Sykewar Personnel and Personalities. Persistent Personnel Problems -- Composition of PWD/SHAEF -- Three Sykewarriors: What Makes a Propagandist? -- Summary: Talents and Skills -- V. Role pf Sykewar Intelligence (PWI). The Special Problem: Attitude and Action -- The Dual Function: "Pure and "Output" Intelligence -- PWI Sources -- PWI Methods -- PWI Reports -- VI. Target Germany: The Sykewar Publics. The Special Problem of Nazi Germany -- Composition of the Audience -- The Wehrmacht as Target -- The Home Front as target -- "Special Publics" in Germany -- VII. Sykewar Themes. The Making of Themes -- Themes and Situations -- Distribution of Themes: Sample Counts -- VIII. Sykewar Techniques. Long-term and Short-Term Techniques -- Basic Techniques: Factualism and Indirection -- Technical Devices -- Analysis of Representative Texts -- IX. Sykewar Media. Media of the Broadcast Word -- Media of the Printed word -- Sykewar Media Innovations -- Coordination of Media -- X. Special Operations. Words and Deeds: Theory of "Special Operations" -- Special Operations: Specimen Campaigns -- Covert Operations: "Gray and Black" -- Effectiveness of Covert Operations -- Siege of the city -- XI. Effectiveness of Sykewar. Limitations of the Evidence -- Types of Sykewar Evidence -- Sykewar Effectiveness: Some Expert Opinions -- Toward a Policy Conception of Propaganda -- Supplementary Essay, By Richard H. Crossman, M.P. -- Appendixes A-F.

LCCN

50000232

OCLC

• ocm01168856
• 1168856
• SCSB-9422113

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library