Contempt for the enemy, if illustrated, can prove to be an unwise form of falsehood. There was a time when German soldiers were popularly represented… - Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede

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Contempt for the enemy, if illustrated, can prove to be an unwise form of falsehood. There was a time when German soldiers were popularly represented cringing, with their arms in the air and crying "Kamerad," until it occurred to Press and propaganda authorities that people were asking why, if this was the sort of material we were fighting against, had we not wiped them off the field in a few weeks.

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About Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede

Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (16 February 1871 - 23 March 1946) was a British politician, writer, and social activist.

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Native Name: Arthur Ponsonby, 1. Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Alternative Names: Arthur Ponsonby Ponsonby Baron Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, Baron Ponsonby Arthur Ponsonby William Ponsonby Thomas Clune Arthur Ponsonby, Baron Ponsonby Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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People must never be allowed to become despondent; so victories must be exaggerated and defeats, if not concealed, at any rate minimized, and the stimulus of indignation , horror, and hatred must be assiduously and continuously pumped into the public mind by means of "propaganda."

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