War Posters

Product Description

The posters reproduced and discussed in this book are drawn from the largest and most comprehensive collection of its type in existence. They were published by governmental organizations, political parties, commercial concersn, charities, non-governmental organizations and protest or special-interest groups. As instruments for promoting and disseminating war aims, social cohesion, ideological purpose and various forms of citizenship, and in more recent times for voicing opposition, these posters document the social, political, ethnic and cultural aspirations of belligerent nations involving Britain and the Empire from the First World War to the present day.