Promotional Information

The first work to provide a comparative look at how newspapers in England, France, Russia, Germany, and Austro-Hungary explained the war, this study includes and analyzes translations of contemporary newspaper articles.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Newspapers, Public Opinion and Propaganda A Clash of Cultures: The British Press and the Opening of the Great War by Adrian Gregory "The Eagle Soars Over the Nightingale:" Press and Propaganda in France in the Opening Months of the Great War by Michael Nolan The Russian Press and the 'Internal Peace' at the Beginning of World War I by Eric Lohr German Propaganda: The Limits of Gerechtigkeit by Troy R.E. Paddock The Empire Without Qualities: Austro-Hungarian Newspapers and the Outbreak of War in 1914 by Andrea Orzoff Closing Observations on Newspapers, Propaganda and the Great War

About the Author

TROY R. E. PADDOCK is Assistant Professor of History at Southern Connecticut State University where he teaches modern German and European history.