Screen LibraryWar posters：weapons of mass communication
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Thames & Hudson,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 256 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780500251416 (hbk.) 050025141X (hbk.) |
| Index Number: | J238 |
| CLC: |
J238.1-28 K143-64 K152-64 |
| Call Number: | K143-64/A924 |
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Published to accompany exhibition at Imperial War Museum, London opening 4 October 2007. Posters drawn from the Imperial War Museum's collections. Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-251) and index. The poster, propaganda and publicity -- The First World War -- Interwar Europe -- The Second World War -- The Cold War and the New World Order. A wide selection of the most eye-catching examples from the internationally renowned poster collection at London's Imperial War Museum. 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 |