TY  - BOOK
AU  - MERZ Robert
TI  - How propaganda works : :  a case study : 
PY  - 2008///
KW  - TERRORISM
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - AL-QAEDA
KW  - PROPAGANDA
N2  - The propaganda works by forcing the target audience to ignore the whole and focus only on the small portion of the truth that is useful to the adversary.  The 'squandered goodwill'  theme is a newcomer at the end of long line of related propaganda themes. Media analysts can see how a theme evolved, where it migrated and who has made use of it since its inception.   The theme was used in the US  with no consideration of what effect its use would on either US troops of Islamic terrorists
ER  -