Propaganda in World Wars I and II and the Vietnam War

This article reviews utilization of propaganda during the years 1914 to 1968 in World Wars I and II and the Vietnam War. For the first time in World War I, some organizations were established to pursue propaganda and psychological operations. These organizations made use of various psychological techniques in their propaganda operations which will be explicated in this article. Utilization of propaganda is generally considered to be the attribute of fascist regimes. However, it was the democratic nations who, for the first time, made use of propaganda to win public support. As it is delineated here, these nations had greater skills than totalitarian countries in exploiting propaganda. Hence, the differences of propaganda schemes between democratic and totalitarian political systems will be examined at the end of the article.