1936～1938年英国政府的舆论管控

Public Opinion Controlling of British Government During 1936 and 1938

舆论的利用和管控是现代民主国家的常态,但与英国政府相比,和平组织的劣势非常明显。20世纪30年代末,英国舆论中的可战派与弃战派都无力对外交决策产生实质性影响。西班牙内战时,英国政府压制了反对意见;德奥和德捷危机期间,英国政府捏造了民意。利用舆论自身的分裂,英国政府的管控放大了少数人的声音,使其成为绥靖政策的重要推手。

There always existed competitions in fabricating and manipulating public opinion in modern democratic countries. In the late 1930 s, neither pro- war faction nor anti- war faction of the public opinion could affect the British diplomacy essentially. On the issue of Spanish civil war, the British government suppressed the dissenting opinion. In the Austria crisis and Czech crisis, the British government fabricated the public approval. Exploiting the split of public opinion, British government amplified the voices of the minority and made them the significant pusher of appeasement policy.