In recent decades, advances in communications technology, coupled with international conflicts and societal upheavals, have again highlighted the importance of the use of propaganda by both state and non-state organisations in the international arena. This book explores the dimensions of propaganda, in both theory and practice, using examples such as the Bolshevik campaigns and the Gulf War to illuminate its possibilities and limitations as a foreign policy tool.

Advances in communications technology, coupled with international conflicts, have highlighted the importance of the use of propaganda by both state and non-state organisations in the international arena. This book explores the dimensions of propaganda, in both theory and practice, using examples such as the Bolshevik campaigns and the Gulf War.