Produce For Victory: Posters on the American Home Front (1941-45)

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Posters on the American Home Front (1941-45)

"World War II posters helped to mobilize a nation. Inexpensive, accessible, and ever-present, the poster was an ideal agent for making war aims the personal mission of every citizen. Government agencies, businesses, and private organizations issued an array of poster images linking the military front with the home front—calling upon every American to boost production at work and at home. Visit Web site"

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The Cartoon in Wartime Propaganda

The Cartoon in Wartime Propaganda

from King's College, University of London & The Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

This exhibition explores the role of the cartoon in wartime propaganda - to sustain civilian morale, encourage army recruitment and strengthen the relationships between Britain and her allies.

Among dozens of dramatic images, mainly drawn from the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College London, are copies of French posters from the Boer War, 1899-1901, and artwork belonging to Edwin Embleton, Studio Manager at the Ministry of Information during the Second World War.

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The Art of War: British Propaganda, 1939-1945

The Art of War

British Propaganda, 1939-1945

Fascinating and colourful collections of illustrations, propaganda, cartoons, films and art created during the Second World War. An online resource created and hosted by The National Archives.

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Russian Archives Online > Soviet Propaganda

Soviet Propaganda:

This collection of examples of Soviet-era propaganda is arranged chronologically from the Bolshevik Revolution to the Cold War arms race.

The exhibition is hosted by The Russian Archives Online

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Media and War: The Battle for Hearts & Minds

Media and War

The battle for hearts and minds. An online exhibition from The Imperial War Museum for teachers and students of Citizenship, History and Media Studies which examines the use of propaganda during the main conflicts of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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Critical reading re the Study of Propaganda & the Media

Recommended by Dr. Jo Fox, Senior Lecturer, University of Durham.

S. Carruthers, The Media at War: Communication and Conflict in the Twentieth Century (London, 2000)

Cull, N., Culbert, D., and Welch, D., (eds), Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present (London, 2003)

J. Ellul, Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (New York, 1973

G. Jowett and V. O'Donnell, Propaganda and Persuasion (London, 1992)

P, Taylor, Munitions of the Mind: A History of Propaganda, Third Edition (Manchester, 2003)

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Nazi Propaganda (1933-1945)

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Nazi Propaganda (1933-1945)

A collection of English translations of National Socialist propaganda for the period 1933-1945, part of a larger site on German propaganda. The goal is to help people understand the great totalitarian systems of the twentieth century. Translations by Prof. Randall Bytwerk & hosted by Calvin College, Grand Rapids.

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