Your Country Needs You: The Secret History of the Propaganda PosterAuthor :
Hardback
Published : Thursday 29 August 2013
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Description
The iconic image of Lord Kitchener with pointing finger is a design classic. In the run-up to the World War anniversary, Your Country Needs YOU celebrates the magnificent propaganda posters of the time. Drawing on fresh analysis of the archives, this book reveals a surprising new history of these hugely popular and enduring images.
The iconic image by Alfred Leete of Lord Kitchener with outstretched hand and finger, exhorting you to 'do your bit', is a design classic and has been repeatedly imitated worldwide. In the run-up to the World War anniversary, Your Country Needs YOU celebrates the magnificent artwork of Leete and his fellow designers, and explores their legacy. Featuring colour reproductions of propaganda posters and drawing on fresh analysis of the archives, this book challenges received historical wisdom about these hugely popular and enduring images, and reveals a surprising new history that is no less than groundbreaking.
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