Download or read book The Birth of the Propaganda State written by Peter Kenez and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985-11-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Kenez's comprehensive study of the Soviet propaganda system, describes how the Bolshevik Party went about reaching the Russian people. Kenez focuses on the experiences of the Russian people. The book is both a major contribution to our understanding of the genius of the Soviet state, and of the nature of propaganda in the twentieth-century.