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Experts say propaganda vital to U.S. goal in Iraq, but limits tested  view story
Friday, January 6, 2006
ALLEN PUSEY - - Dallas Morning News
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On April 6, 1917, the nation entered World War I. It was not a popular decision, and one week later, President Woodrow Wilson launched one of the most effective propaganda campaigns in U.S. history.
The fervor that followed bound a diverse population of European immigrants together as a dedicated, fighting whole.
It also stirred an Illinois mob to beat and lynch a German-American miner, provoked 14 states to ban the speaking of German in public schools and compelled newspapers to refer to outbreaks of "Liberty" measles among children.
Within every war there is a war of words, a battle for hearts and minds designed both to bolster morale on the home front and to deflate the enemy. And in recent weeks, that battle has come into focus for the Bush administration and its Iraq policy.
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