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A fascinating story of an old American dilemma-ideals versus self-interest. Propaganda can be truthful, or it can lie to help win a war. The debate Laurie unveils was not resolved during World War II, merely postponed, as the United States went into the Cold War and Vietnam. Essential to an understanding of America's use of propaganda. --Warren F. Kimball, author of The Juggler: Franklin Roosevelt as Wartime Statesman An excellent and impressive work that presents a mass of material on a great World War II intellectual and moral struggle over fighting the Nazis by telling the truth, some of it, none of it, or outright lies. --Thomas F. Troy, author of Donovan and the CIA and Wild Bill and Intrepid: Donovan, Intrepid, and the Origins of CIA. A lively and revealing study of interagency rivalry in that most crucial of wartime arenas, propaganda warfare. There is much that is new and important in this book. All students of the war, as well as of intelligence, will benefit from it. --Robin W. Winks, author of Cloak and Gown: Scholars in the Secret War, 1939-1961 A 'must' acquisition for anyone with any interest in espionage, intelligence, and propaganda. --Dennis Showalter, author of Tannenburg: Clash of Empires and editor of War in History

A fascinating story of an old American dilemma-ideals versus self-interest. Propaganda can be truthful, or it can lie to help win a war. The debate Laurie unveils was not resolved during World War II, merely postponed, as the United States went into the Cold War and Vietnam. Essential to an understanding of America's use of propaganda. --<b>Warren F. Kimball</b>, author of <i>The Juggler: Franklin Roosevelt as Wartime Statesman</i> An excellent and impressive work that presents a mass of material on a great World War II intellectual and moral struggle over fighting the Nazis by telling the truth, some of it, none of it, or outright lies. --<b>Thomas F. Troy</b>, author of <i>Donovan and the CIA and Wild Bill and Intrepid: Donovan, Intrepid, and the Origins of CIA.</i> A lively and revealing study of interagency rivalry in that most crucial of wartime arenas, propaganda warfare. There is much that is new and important in this book. All students of the war, as well as of intelligence, will benefit from it. --<b>Robin W. Winks</b>, author of <i>Cloak and Gown: Scholars in the Secret War, 1939-1961</i> A 'must' acquisition for anyone with any interest in espionage, intelligence, and propaganda. --<b>Dennis Showalter</b>, author of <i>Tannenburg: Clash of Empires and editor of War in History</i>

-A fascinating story of an old American dilemma-ideals versus self-interest. Propaganda can be truthful, or it can lie to help win a war. The debate Laurie unveils was not resolved during World War II, merely postponed, as the United States went into the Cold War and Vietnam. Essential to an understanding of America's use of propaganda.---Warren F. Kimball, author of The Juggler: Franklin Roosevelt as Wartime Statesman -An excellent and impressive work that presents a mass of material on a great World War II intellectual and moral struggle over fighting the Nazis by telling the truth, some of it, none of it, or outright lies.---Thomas F. Troy, author of Donovan and the CIA and Wild Bill and Intrepid: Donovan, Intrepid, and the Origins of CIA. -A lively and revealing study of interagency rivalry in that most crucial of wartime arenas, propaganda warfare. There is much that is new and important in this book. All students of the war, as well as of intelligence, will benefit from it.---Robin W. Winks, author of Cloak and Gown: Scholars in the Secret War, 1939-1961 -A 'must' acquisition for anyone with any interest in espionage, intelligence, and propaganda.---Dennis Showalter, author of Tannenburg: Clash of Empires and editor of War in History

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