German troops approaching a Norwegian village in the 1940 invasion. Credit: mccool/Alamy stock photo

John Steinbeck’s “The Moon is Down” is Propaganda for Our Time Too

Steinbeck inspired thousands suffering under Nazi occupation

Propaganda implies calculated manipulation, something to be condemned, ridiculed, or ignored. But what if its purpose is truly honorable?

It’s a question that John Steinbeck clearly confronted in the early days of World War II…