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The imposter's war, the press, propaganda, and the newsman who battled for the minds of America, Mark Arsenault

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The imposter's war, the press, propaganda, and the newsman who battled for the minds of America, Mark Arsenault

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-320) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The imposter's war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1259047070

Responsibility statement

Mark Arsenault

Sub title

the press, propaganda, and the newsman who battled for the minds of America

Summary

In the lead-up to America<U+2019>s entry into the First World War, Germany spent the modern equivalent of one billion dollars to infiltrate American media, industry, and government to undermine the supply chain of the Allied forces. If not for the ceaseless activity of John Revelstoke Rathom, editor of the scrappy Providence Journal, America may have remained committed to its position of neutrality. And yet John Rathom was not even his real name. And his many acts of journalistic heroism, which he recounted to rapt audiences on nationwide speaking tours, never happened. Who then was this great, beloved, and ultimately tragic imposter?

Table Of Contents

The imposter -- Bombs, bullets, and bad luck -- Frostbite and dynamite -- Birth of a sensation -- The creation of John Revelstoke Rathom. Part 1, From thin air -- Spies, lies, allies -- Transformation -- Romancing the dictator -- The creation of John Revelstoke Rathom. Part 2, Love, sex, and poison -- Minister without portfolio -- "Idiotic Yankees" -- Good friends/high places -- The creation of John Revelstoke Rathom. Part 3, Tried by fire -- Shock & awe -- Department of Judas -- The only thing we have to smear -- Kompromat -- Out of character -- Genesis of a lie

Target audience

adult

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