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War Posters: Weapons of Mass Communication
A wide selection of the most eye-catching and iconic examples from the Imperial War Museum's internationally renowned poster collection.
Published to accompany an exhibition at London's Imperial War Museum, this book features more than 250 superb full-color illustrations of hard-hitting propaganda and groundbreaking graphic art. It encompasses iconic images such as Alfred Leete's "Your Country Needs You" as well as additional material drawn from the world of advertising and documentary photographs of posters in situ.
Through posters, the author examines the social, political, ethnic, and cultural aspirations of America, Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Covering topics as diverse as advertising in World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, Germany and Occupied Europe in World War II, anti-nuclear campaigns, and Vietnam, the book is comprehensive and highly analytical, yet accessible. 300 illustrations, 250 in color.
Published to accompany an exhibition at London's Imperial War Museum, this book features more than 250 superb full-color illustrations of hard-hitting propaganda and groundbreaking graphic art. It encompasses iconic images such as Alfred Leete's "Your Country Needs You" as well as additional material drawn from the world of advertising and documentary photographs of posters in situ.
Through posters, the author examines the social, political, ethnic, and cultural aspirations of America, Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Covering topics as diverse as advertising in World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, Germany and Occupied Europe in World War II, anti-nuclear campaigns, and Vietnam, the book is comprehensive and highly analytical, yet accessible. 300 illustrations, 250 in color.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published November 15, 2007
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February 22, 2020
Large A4 size book so posters are nicely reproduced and a good range from the whole 20th century. However it could have done with more writing.
August 10, 2010
Saw the exhibit in London's Imerial War Museum in 2007. Fantastic. The book does a superb job of laying out the exhibit in a 'coffee table' kind of way. The literature is good and the photographs are amazing. Definitely a book I'm glad I bought.
May 24, 2013
A good look at the artistic background and psychology in historical context of war posters of the 20th (and early 21st) centuries. Mostly good as a compilation of art, but the editorial value helps contextualize the imagery.
July 17, 2008
I had higher expectations for this book.
April 30, 2014
Very heavy on the historical but very valuable
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