OUGD401 - Essay Research - War Posters: Weapons of Mass Communication

In another publication I have looked into on the topic of propaganda, War Posters: Weapons of Mass Communication, I have looked into it's wide selection of iconic examples from the collection at the Imperial War Museum in London. James Aulich, the author, looks into the social, political, ethnic, and cultural aspirations of America, Britain, Northern Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Ranging from 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, this book holds a lot out resources that are useful to my essay. 

“Many of these posters were small-scale and monochrome or used single-spot colour, and were functional rather than decorative” Aulich, 2011, p. 222

This quote I have used is evidence of a professional's opinion which is similar to my own. I have analysed the styles and techniques of propaganda from the time and argued what I have perceived as the style and techniques used from both sides. Aulich's opinion backs up what I think to be true.