The Goebbels Experiment A Study of the Nazi Propaganda Machine.

Very Good, bound in full yellow cloth, with a Very Good dust jacket. Some minor chipping to edges of jacket. Previous owner inscription on half title page. Some toning. No markings to interior. 8vo, 7 1/2"h x 5 1/4"w. 260 printed pages, including Index and Appendix. An important early study of Nazi propaganda written at the height of the Second World War. This volume served as one of the earliest attempts to analyze the structure, methods, and psychological strategy behind Joseph Goebbels’s Ministry of Propaganda. As such, it stands as a foundational text for historians of media, wartime communication, and totalitarian influence. This first edition is notably difficult to encounter in collectible condition, having been printed during wartime restrictions when paper quality and production runs were limited. The authors—both journalists and analysts of German mass communication—had unique access to broadcasts, speeches, and intercepted messaging, allowing them to document Goebbels’s propaganda machinery in real time. Their work became a contemporary lens through which British and Allied readers could understand how information was being weaponized across Europe. For collectors of wartime history, early intelligence analysis, or the evolution of propaganda studies, this volume offers not only historical content but also significant bibliographic value as a first printing. An exceptional opportunity to add a piece of contemporaneous WWII scholarship to any serious collection.