According to historian Philip Taylor, they employed “a policy of terror coupled with one of propaganda, designed to keep conquered peoples down and to frighten potential enemies with graphic propagandist imagery and brutal psychology. ”
लोकांच्या मनात दहशत बसवण्यासाठी ते आपल्या बंदिवानांना दिल्या जाणाऱ्‍या भयानक यातनांचे रंगवून वर्णन करायचे.