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Science of Coercion
Communication Research and Psychological Warfare, 1945-1960
By Christopher Simpson
Christopher Simpson is a historian and Associate Professor of Communication at American University in Washington DC. He is the recipient of six national and international awards for historical writing, literature, and investigative reporting. His work has appeared in the Journal of Communication, Intelligence and National Security, and many other magazines and journals.
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The phrase “psychological warfare” is reported to have first entered English in 1941 as a translated mutation of the Nazi term Weltanschauungskrieg (literally, worldview warfare), meaning the purportedly scientific application of propaganda, terror, and state pressure as a means of securing an ideological victory over one’s enemies.
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