Propaganda was already part of warfare, but the Seven Years' War developed it into a more deliberate instrument. Printing presses produced pamphlets and talking points for circulation through or beyond enemy lines. Printed accounts could celebrate victories, sustain domestic morale, and weaken an opponent's morale. Many surviving accounts were therefore written to persuade as well as record events, a source-critical problem for anyone studying the war.
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Propaganda as a weapon of the Seven Years' War
Printing presses and pamphlets made morale and public opinion an active front in the conflict.