Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber

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Weapons of Mass Deception reveals how:

• Top Bush officials advocated the invasion of Iraq even before Bush took office, but waited until September 2002 to inform the public, through what the White House termed a "product launch."

• White house officials used repetition and misinformation to create the false impression tht Iraq was behind 9/11.

• Forged documents and other deceptions built the claim that Iraq possessed huge stockpiles of banned weapons.

• The U.S. media engaged in propaganda and self-censorship, uncritically repeating White House messages.

• The administration’s attempts to use commercial advertising techniques to burnish the U.S.’s image in Muslim countries have backfired.

• A secretive public relations firm working for the Pentagon helped create the "opposition group" the Iraqi National Congress, which became one of the driving forces behind the decision to go to war.

Table of contents:

Introduction: Liberation Day

1. Branding America

2. War is Sell

3. True Lies

4. Doublespeak

5. The Uses of Fear

6. The Air War

7. As Others See Us

Tarcher/Penguin, soft cover, 2003, 248pp, index.

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