Persuasive Images: Posters of War and Revolution from the Hoover Institution Archives: Posters of War and Revolution from the Hoover Archives - Rilegato

Paret, Peter; Lewis, Beth Irwin; Paret, Paul; Hoover Institution On War, Revolution, And Peace

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ISBN 10: 0691032041 ISBN 13: 9780691032047

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1992

Riassunto

The 319 posters, culled from a collection started by Herbert Hoover after World War I, depict the methods that have been used to persuade entire societies into supporting war and revolution since the beginning of the century.

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Recensione

Honorable Mention for the 1993 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in the Arts, Association of American Publishers Award
"One of the most important American collections of visual propaganda.... to display the Hoover Institution's vast holdings is a service to anyone interested in 20th-century propaganda."--The New York Times Book Review

"These 300 full-color reproductions still rekindle the emotions of their stormy times."--Booklist

"As a study in the power of images, this book is hard to match. Just to thumb through it can be gripping."--San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle

Contenuti

	Introduction: Posters and Modern History
	Note on the Posters
	Prologue: Before 1914	2
I	The First World War
1	The Outbreak of War	10
2	The Enemy	20
3	Combat	30
4	Self-Images	40
5	Appeals to Serve	50
6	War Loans	68
7	Food and Industry	78
8	The End of the War	88
II	The Interwar Years
9	Revolutions	100
10	The Soviet Union	112
11	Germany and National Socialism	122
12	The Spanish Civil War	134
III	The Second World War
13	Early Stages	142
14	The Air War	150
15	The Invasion of Russia	160
16	The New Order	170
17	Home Fronts	182
18	The United States at War	192
19	The Last Year	204
	Epilogue: After 1845	214
	Editorial Note and Acknowledgments	223
	Bibliographical Note	224
	List of Posters	225
	Index of Artists	232

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0691032041
• ISBN 13: 9780691032047
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 233