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第一次世界大战爆发后,为了争取美国对协约国集团的支持,英国对美国采取了强大的宣传攻势。针对美国人的自由主义传统,英国宣传者刻意避免暴露宣传活动的官方背景,通过种种宣传活动让美国各界人士相信德国人力图操纵美国舆论、践踏中立国权利、威胁正常的商业活动和航海自由,这些激起了美国各界强烈的反德情绪。与此同时,英国政府利用自己强大的新闻控制和宣传能力,巧妙地化解了美国人对英国无视中立国权利和航海自由的怀疑和指控,让美国人相信一战是协约国维护人类自由的战争,从而对1 91 7年美国的参战起到了重要的推动作用。
After the outbreak of World War I, the United Kingdom took a strong propaganda campaign against the United States in an effort to win the United States’ support for the All-Country Group. In response to the liberal tradition of the United States, British propagandists have deliberately avoided exposing the official context of propaganda and through various promotional activities, they have convinced the people in the United States that the Germans will try to manipulate the public opinion in the United States, trample on the rights of neutral countries, threaten normal commercial activities and freedom of navigation, Provoked a strong anti-German sentiment from all walks of life in the United States. In the meantime, the British government has used its strong information control and propaganda capabilities to cleverly defuse Americans’ suspicions and allegations that Britain has ignored the neutral rights and freedom of navigation and that Americans believe that World War I was a war by allies to safeguard human freedom. It played an important role in promoting the United States’ war in 1971.