Dwight d eisenhower saw the cold war in large part as an ideological struggle between the united states and the soviet union it was a battle for which americans famously nonreflective as they are seemed singularly ill equipped. Total cold war also shows that eisenhower waged his propaganda war not just abroad but also at home us psychological warfare programs blurred the lines between foreign and domestic propaganda with campaigns that both targeted the american people and enlisted them as active participants in global contest for public opinion. Total cold war eisenhowers secret propaganda battle at home and abroad by kenneth osgood stephen long university of birmingham search for more papers by this author stephen long university of birmingham search for more papers by this author first published 29 september 2010. Total cold waralso shows that eisenhower waged his propaganda war not just abroad but also at home us psychological warfare programs blurred the lines between foreign and domestic propaganda with campaigns that both targeted the american people and enlisted them as active participants in global contest for public opinion. Finally the civil they evaluate older conceptual frameworks total cold war eisenhowers secret military relationship considers how each inter demonstrates a scholarly willingness to go propaganda battle at home and abroad acted with the supreme allied commander beyond mere cause and effect analyses and lawrence university press of kansas