The Big Book Of Ww2 American Propaganda Art

THE BIG BOOK OF WW2 AMERICAN PROPAGANDA ART FEATURES OVER 200 NEWLY DIGITALIZED VINTAGE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II PROPAGANDA POSTERS.This is the first of a multiple volume propaganda art set that will follow all the major contributors of WW2 and how each country uniquely rallied support from their citizens through the use of propaganda.-The Allies: America, Soviet Union, Great Britain, Australia, France, and Belgium -The Axis: Nazi Germany, Empire of Japan, Kingdom of ItalyDuring active American involvement in World War II (1941-45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory. Using a vast array of media, propagandists instigated hatred for the enemy and support for America's allies, urged greater public effort for war production and victory gardens, persuaded people to save some of their material so that more material could be used for the war effort, and sold war bonds. Patriotism became the central theme of advertising throughout the war, as large-scale campaigns were launched to sell war bonds, promote efficiency in factories, reduce ugly rumors, and maintain civilian morale. The war consolidated the advertising industry's role in American society, deflecting earlier criticism.You will encounter gruesome, dark, ill-fated, and outright racist propaganda posters in this collection. This is because American propaganda depicted the war as an issue of good versus evil, which allowed the government to encourage its population to fight a "just war," and used themes of resistance in and liberation to the occupied countries. Propaganda portrayed the Japanese more than any other Axis power as a foreign, grotesque and uncivilized enemy. In 1940, even prior to being drawn into World War II, President Roosevelt urged every American to consider the effect if the dictatorships won in Europe and Asia. Precision bombing was praised, exaggerating its accuracy, to convince people of the difference between good and bad bombing Hitler, Tojo, Mussolini, and their followers were the villains in American film, even in cartoons where characters, such as Bugs Bunny, would defeat them - a practice that began before Pearl Harbor."It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell." - William T. Sherman