Essays on War Propaganda

Studs Terkel “The Good War” New York; Pantheon Books 1984 E.B. (Sledgehammer) Sledge was a United States Marine and professor at University of Montevallo. Sledge fought in World War II for the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Growing up in Mobile, Alabama Sledge...

WWI Propaganda American propaganda in World War One was primarily focused on the recruitment of soldiers, financing the war, unifying the nation, conserving resources and increasing support from Americans. In this poster, the intention is to recruit young men to enlist into the armed forces....

The Function of Propaganda and The Function During World War1 Propaganda is information that is used to influence an audience, often by presenting facts selectively to encourage a synthesis. Propaganda is often associated with material prepared by governments, but other activist groups, companies and the...

The Battle occured in Dunkirk, France and was fought between the Allies and Nazi Germany during World War II. The Allies were largely outnumbered and had only 400,000 men while the Nazi’s had over 800,000 men. The events that happened during the battle were the...

Films are a source of entertainment for countless people. They can also be used for other reasons such as propaganda. Especially in WWII with so many powerful forces at work, films used as source of propaganda were a very effective method of gaining support. Leni...

This piece of work from Soth is comparable to Arthur Rothstein, who was born July 17th, 1915. He was one of leading founders of photography in The Great Depression period in the 1930s. Rothstein captured many photographs of this historic era; his photographs are incredibly...

During wartime, either side of conflict utilizes propaganda to shape international opinion and respective public outlook. Governments devote considerable resources and efforts on a global scale to produce material to influence attitudes to encourage involvement and action. The declaration of total war and subsequent campaigns...

Boys’ Books and the Great War During the World Wars in England, an interesting type of war propaganda permeated English homes. The propaganda was not in the form of films or pamphlets, but books for children. The British used children’s and teens’ books to gain...