Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes, Jacques Ellul
First American edition, first printing of Ellul's seminal study and critique of propaganda. The first attempt to study propaganda from a sociological approach as well as a psychological one, the book outlines the taxonomy for propaganda, and ultimately, it’s destructive nature towards democracy. Translated by Konrad Kellen and Jean Lerner, with an introduction by Konrad Kellen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Publisher's original red cloth boards, lettered in gilt and stamped in black; pp. xxii, 320 + index. A near fine copy in an about good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding sturdy with minimal wear to boars, internally clean. Jacket shows general shelfwear, a few cl