Abstract
Most press historians have presumed that there is not much to be said about German propaganda in World War I except that it failed. It failed because those who created and disseminated it were clumsy and clueless. Chad R. Fulwider does not dispute that. But his research in German Propaganda and U.S. Neutrality in World War I offers scholars far more nuance, with far more evidence regarding the nature and extent of German propaganda efforts in the United States. In particular, he takes a look at German Foreign Office and embassy documents to move beyond the more familiar collections of pamphlets, articles, and essays. The author’s research reveals that the German government’s efforts to reach Americans through propaganda extended far beyond the uncoordinated and often culturally tone-deaf efforts of well-known Germanophiles like George Sylvester Viereck. Fulwider offers ample evidence that the German government itself could also be uncoordinated and tone-deaf.
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