One of the most essential war weapons is censorship. Its primary task is to keep the people blind, ignorant and unshaken confidence in the authorities to allows limitless indoctrination so that the citizens would accept the necessity of holding on until the enemy is wiped out despite the terrible loses and privations. A censored propaganda suppresses divergent sources as much as possible to keep people out of the loop of what the facts really are. In short, this promotes blind adherence among the citizens to whatever the dictator would say even if it becomes too unreasonable to understand.
In Austria, censorship and propaganda were, from the very start, united in the Kriegspressequartier (War Press Office) under the direction of the Ministry of War, with two separate surveillance commissions for Austria and Hungary. However the said press office was only responsible for censorship in the war areas, whereas two other authorities, <span>the </span>Kriegsüberwachungsamt<span> (War Surveillance Office) in Vienna, and the </span>Kriegsüberwachungskommission<span> (War Surveillance Commission) in Budapest, took care of the hinterlands.</span>
To benefit economically - this was particularly true with the sugar plantations in the Indies, which relied on slave labor in the triangular trade (slaves from africa, sugar from Americas, refined goods from Europe..)
Incomplete question. I inferred you are referring to the conditions in Andersonville prison after the Union Blockade.
Explanation:
Historical sources confirm that indeed the Union Blockade affected the supply of basic necessities in the city of Andersonville in the state of Georgia which was part of the Confederate States.
The main reason for the Union Blockade was to restrict the trading activities in the Confederate States. However, since Andersonville prison according to some sources had nearly 45,000 prisoners they were <em>unable to buy food supplies to feed those in the prison; causing most to die of starvation.</em>
In the late 1800s during the cuban rebellion against Spain 1868-1878 over 80 per cent of Cubas exports went to the US. During this time frame much investment and purchasing of land by Americans and American Companies took place. As time passed the US and Cuba further increased economic activities making them vital to each others growing economies.
