Crewe house was the headquarters of the department of propaganda in enemy countries under the directorship of Viscount Northcliffe. The story of its activities and successes during 1918 are revealed in this book. According to a quotation from the Tägliche Rundschau on page 127, “It cannot be doubted that Lord Northcliffe very substantially contributed to England’s victory in the world war. His conduct of English propaganda during the war will some day find its place in history as a performance hardly to be surpassed.” The book is indexed and contains besides the portraits of the various members of the committee on propaganda and other illustrations several maps and facsimiles of the leaflets distributed by means of balloons. The contents are: Propaganda: its uses and abuses; Crewe house: its organization and personnel; Operations against Austria-Hungary: propaganda’s most striking success; Operations against Germany; Tributes from the enemy; Operations against Bulgaria and other activities; Inter-allied cooperation; From war propaganda to peace propaganda; Vale!
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“Although there is much that is eulogistic of his chief, Sir Campbell does not overdraw the picture. He uses none of the arts of the professional writer, preferring at all times to tell the story without attempting the dramatic.” H. D. C.
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“This complacent book is ludicrous, not because it takes for granted that all it aimed to achieve was achieved; nor because it omits due credit to French propaganda (more extensive than British) and Russian (not even mentioned); but because it tries to get glory out of war.” Heber Blankenhorn
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“Sir Campbell’s lively style and his keen enjoyment of what he has to tell engross the reader.”
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“‘Secrets of Crewe house’ is rather hastily put together, and is too much a eulogy of Lord Northcliffe by his chief assistant. But it contains a good deal of interesting description of the sundry ingenious devices by which Lord Northcliffe spread his propaganda.” H: W. Bunn