Classic debunking of the propaganda lies politicians and press manufactured about the enemy to stampede their own citizens into "the war to end all wars." British MP Ponsonby reveals how all the belligerents, but foremost his own country, faked documents, falsified photos, and invented horrifying atrocity stories. Authoritatively debunks numerous wartime hoaxes, including such durable tales as: the bayoneted Belgian babies, the German "corpse factory," "The Crucified Canadian," the martyrdom of Nurse Cavell, and the "passenger ship" Lusitania. In the publisher's foreword, historian Mark Weber points out fascinating parallels with World War II atrocity tales.
