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Picture this

World War I posters and visual culture
2009
Contains essays that examine the significance of posters during World War I, featuring comparative readings on war poster campaigns and images, and discussing African-American propaganda posters, race and empire in French posters, images of femininity, and other topics.
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Fit men wanted

original posters from the Home Front
2012
62 home front propaganda posters from Great Britain during World War I and II.
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World War I in 40 posters

Published during the war's centennial, this is the story of the First World War through forty propaganda posters. Essays explain each poster, unpacking the visual imagery and setting the poster within the military, political, social and cultural history of the war. Informative, provocative, and entertaining discussion of posters that are historical documents and works of art Tracks the history of the war, from mobilization and recruitment to war bond drives and efforts to sustain morale amid costly battles Covers the United States, Britain, Canada, Germany, Austria and France.

Persuasive images

posters of war and revolution from the Hoover Institution archives
1992

Selling the war

art and propaganda in World War II
1978

World War I posters

2002
Illustrates more than 450 World War I posters that were produced in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Selling the war

art and propaganda in World War II
1982
Exhibits over 100 Allied and Axis posters displayed during World War II and analyzes their effect.
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