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The Pope's no to the people's yes: The tide of British History. (9).

Counting them all out, and counting them all back: Rabbits of the Japanese Imperial navy are relieved to see their planes  safely back from attacking the demons.           The propaganda techniques developed by the British in World War One had slithered right around the globe by the outbreak of World War Two. On their way through the United States, these techniques had bumped into  Edward Bernays and studied hard. By the time they got to Nazi Germany, they were trained and lean and straining to articulate the inchoate thoughts of many.                  People's innate tendancies to form a group, as well as traditional prejudice often necessary to maintain that group, would be piled together like fasces , as propaganda poured on the petrol.                                                                                               The language in this Nazi propaganda film is chosen to evoke certain ideas in the listener. Tasty sound-bites are arranged without