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The history of propaganda Thinking of propaganda some politicians' names are at once remembered, like Caesar, Napoleon, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin or Saddam Hussein. The history of propaganda has to tell then merely mentioning those names: browse Report: Disinformation and Democracy     Abstract  ... -3   The Inflation of Disinformation-Messages -2   A non-history of disinformation -1   Propaganda 0   The history of propaganda +1   The ancient Greek +2   The Egyptians ... +3   The Romans      ... Conclusion  INDEX CARD     RESEARCH MATRIX  Philip M. Taylor Munitions of the Mind. A history of propaganda from the ancient world to the present era. Manchester 1995 (2nd ed.) This book gives a quite detailed insight on the tools and tasks of propaganda in European and /or Western history. Starting with ancient times the author goes up till the Gulf War and the meaning of propaganda today. In all those different eras propaganda was transporting similar messages, even when technical possibilities had not been fairly as widespread as today. Taylor's book is leading the reader through those different periods, trying to show the typical elements of each one.