Since the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophers have had an interest in taking note of common fallacies in reasoning.
Propaganda analysis can contribute to world peace by exposing those techniques that lead to armed conflict by creating misapprehension of reality.
If war is glorified, it tends to eclipse the policies it is meant to serve.
The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility.
Exposure as a propagandist is fatal to the would-be persuader.
Anyone familiar with the marvels of the Worldwide Web can hardly fail to see that we have entered a new era in communications on a scale perhaps comparable to the invention of the Gutenberg press.