ABSTRACT
It is my assertion here that the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) information policy during the Falklands War, fostered in part by the military and sanctioned by the government, was a policy of propaganda. Sustained by censorship, it underpinned the government and the ministry's official line on the conflict. It will be the aim of this paper to explore why and how this policy was instituted, enforced and maintained, and to consider some of the lessons that the military and the media can take from their dealings with each other during the Falklands War.
