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Despite official neutrality, many young American men volunteered to fight for the Allies in World War I. This research considers how these Americans were portrayed in the French press.
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The work adds to our understanding of myth-making in journalism using soldiers for propaganda during wartime.
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This page is a summary of: Myth as Propaganda in World War I, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, February 2015, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1077699015573006.
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