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6) '''Coercion''': ''a government's capability is determined'' by the government's ability to coerce citizens into adopting certain behaviors. In this manner the government may ''control and condition'' its people or the government cannot be successful. ''Propaganda'' is an essential tool and sometimes directs the manner in which the coercion is focused.
== From the dictionary ==
From the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, a 742-page and growing work, most recently amended in November (online at: http://jdeis.cornerstoneindustry.com/jdeis/dictionary/qsDictionaryPortlet.jsp?group=dod); cited in Peter Edidin, "[ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/weekinreview/30word.html Give a Blood Chit to the Confusion Agent]" (New York Times, January 30)
#"Any thought or idea expressed briefly in a plain or secret language and prepared in a form suitable for transmission by any means of communication."<br>—Definition of "message"
#"Any form of communication in support of national objectives designed to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, or behavior of any group in order to benefit the sponsor, either directly or indirectly."<br>—Definition of "propaganda," in above cited dictionary
#"Those overt international public information activities of the united states government designed to promote united states foreign policy objectives by seeking to understand, inform, and influence foreign audiences and opinion makers, and by broadening the dialogue between american citizens and institutions and their counterparts abroad."<br>—Definition of "public diplomacy," in above cited dictionary
== History of Propaganda ==
