Broadsides and bayonets: the propaganda war of the American Revolution / by Carl Berger. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1961. Main Library, E209.B4 The archives and literature of the Revolution contain many intriguing references to "secret arts and machinations" some relating to incidents familiar to us. From the beginning, it was a war of words as well as gunpowder in which each side sought to subvert and weaken the enemy camp with carefully prepared documents. It was a provocative war in which the atrocity story, kidnappings, false rumors and bribery stirred the people. The book brings them together and examines their role and importance.