The war culture that saturates American society provides the breeding ground for a new mode of authoritarianism that threatens to engulf the whole of American society.War is no longer simply an instrument to be used by political powers, but a form of rule, a general condition of the social order itself– a permanent social relation and coordinating principle that affects all aspects of society.[1]

—Henry A. Giroux, “Politics as Pathology in the Warfare State”

By Sue Ann Martinson  December 5, 2016

How did psychological warfare evolve after World War II and why the ‘science’ of coercion?

Christopher Simpson‘s book, Science of Coercion: Communication Research and Psychological Warfare 1945-1960 [2] explores the interconnected development of mass communication research in the field of social science and its relationship to U.S. military programs and agencies. This liaison between the social sciences in academic institutions and U.S. foreign…