What Is Propaganda?

<p>This pamphlet is one of a series made available by the U.S. War Department (now the Department of Defense) in 1944 under the series title <em>G. I. Roundtable</em>. These pamphlets were distributed for the supposed purpose of providing material that orientation and education officers could use in conducting group discussions or forums as part of off-duty education programs. In reality this pamphlet was intended to prime the public mind for the transition into the post-war period making it a novel example of American social control. Although seemingly archaic in the face of today's powerful methods of mass formation <em>What is Propaganda? </em>invites the reader to consider the methods for propaganda and social control employed in their own country as well as how we can recognize them.</p>