Abstract
Is the United States government effectively mobilizing its psychological defenses to meet the threat of a “shooting war”? Students of propaganda and public opinion are by no means in agreement as to the answer. Many, however, are not even aware of what the government has actually done. In this article Mr. McMillan reviews some of the more important developments in government publicity since the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. Formerly in charge of publicity for the Federal Writer's Project, then informational executive with the Surplus Marketing Administration, and now chief of the daily press section of the information division Office for Emergency Management, he writes with an intimate knowledge of his subject.
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