war in the modern world

This is my War in the Modern World on-line journal. Through this blog I hope to participate with others working on understanding War in the Modern World and its myriad implications. This site is open for others to comment on as they please, preferably with relevant material. Given that I am prone to the tangential, this idea of relevance may range far and wide.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Pro-Life - Soviet Poster 2

This poster by Soviet artist Tereshchenko has the message, "Not For War". Propaganda is a great lens for looking back on history. Certainly, its intended audience is not only for the internal audience. Take the original American political cartoon, Ben Franklin severed snake, representing the colonies. It's message "Join or Die", implies the danger of united group of colonies against Great Britain to the Crown & parliament.
The Soviet propaganda machine itself is similar to the Great Seal of the United States, the Eagle, with an eye to the olive branch, nevertheless holds arrows parabellum in its other talon. The propaganda poster book I mentioned also shows peace themed posters as well as the more bellicose.
By the way, the poster in the previous post was by artist Aslyan. Both come out of the book Soviet Political Poster, 1917-1980 by Lenin Library Collection . Don't Worry, I have got some great Herblock political cartoons for later posts.

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