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It would have been a different war in 1914 without propaganda; the history of political parties would have been different if the principles they announced were measured by their application to total and not to partial experience.
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Harold J. Laski

Editor's note · Context

Laski reflects on the impact of propaganda on historical events, suggesting it could have changed the course of political history.

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