Propaganda in the Cold war

Before I babble on for five or six paragraphs about cold war propaganda I should probably give you some background on the cold war itself. For that task I decided to start with my textbook. The cold war was a very tense rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union. It was essentially the battle between capitalism and communism. There was the also a severe threat of nuclear war. A very important part of the "war" was educating people. The best way to do this was through propaganda campaigns, and that's just what governments did.

I started where most 21^st century research starts. On google. I found a site with some great examples of book covers, posters, and comic books. The site linked to a comic book about the dangers of communism. It showed the origins and founder of Communism, a little of the Russian political history that sparked the rise of Communism, the number and type of people who were falling for communist promises, and what the promises were. It also discusses the way that Communist spies would infiltrate American schools and government. It goes over the three parts of the communist program, and gives us a detailed view of what would happen to the county and its people if the USA were to fall under communism. The comic also shows how the average American can join the fight against communism. They stress knowledge as the tool to beating communism.

Faith in God is a main focus in fighting communism. The comic was produced by the Christian anti-communism crusade (CACC). They say that faith in God is he best defense against communist lies. At the end of the comic there is a message from the CACC offering a pamphlet to get people into action. The also released another comic that focused on communism but it focused on public speeches.

At the end of the comic there was some information on the author. Australian Fred Schwarz founded the CACC. He used fear and religious patriotism to spur people to action against communism. He was famous during the 50s and 60s for his anti-communism work. He has done at least four other pamphlets on communism. His auto-biography was titled Beating the Unbeatable Foe: One Man’s Victory Against Communism, Leviathan and the Last Enemy.

The only thing I found trip to the library was a small picture in an annoyingly long book. The image is of a man standing on stacked boxes reading a speach. The boxes symbolize the countries under the communist regime. The countries make the communists more powerful and eventually powerful enough to be aggressive towards the united states.

I stumbled upon the Boston university site on a trip to the library. There was also anti-soviet/anti-communist propaganda in film and television. Rocky and Bullwinkle, a famous cartoon, taught hatred of communists on a subcocious level. They are the main antagonists of the cartoon. Going against the the home town heros makes them undesirable even to kids that are too young to understand the gravity of the cold war.






All photos are from Love Hate and Propaganda

From 1945 to 2000

I decided to do my project on the extensive Cold War propaganda from the US, the Soviet Union, France, Great Britain,and other countries. With a main focus on how it effects the american people.

Those poor German-Americans

     After skimming for a couple days I finally found a papragraph!
I learned that the intense hatred for the Germans stemed from the horrible things that the americans were hearing about the Germans that were overseas such as rape and murder of women. It got so bad that they viewed all immigrants as a huge threat. at one point even the president wilson said that immigrants were "poision of disloyalty". in 1917 the first legislation to limit immigration was passed. It limited the immigration of all europeans into the country as well as most asians.


     In a book called World War I I found a quote from Bishop A. F. Winnington-Ingram do London, England
He said the war was a great crusade to kill the Germans not for the sake of killing but but to save the world. lest the civilization of the world be killed.
anything with a german name was renamed. frankfurters were "liberty sausages" sauerkraut was "liberty cabbage" even little dogs, dachshunds, were called "liberty dogs". German was banned from being spoken in public and, in some areas of the country, on the phone. German music was not allowed to be played anywhere. German children were shunned at schools. Some Americans even tormented german-americans by tarring and feathering them and parading them through the streets then forcing them to kiss the american flag.
      On my first internet search I found the official site for Ohio history. it describes the ake law which banned the teaching of German in schools below the eighth grade.in the state libraries any material that was condsidered remotely pro-german was removed from the shelves.

Upon conducting another search I found a site that hand full of first hand accounts of what it was like to be German during the world was era. The tried to completely assimilate in a very short amount of time.They changer their names, stopped speaking german and even quit German-American organizations. For some it worked for some it didn't.




    This also opened up the way for more posters and postcards. these encouraged the allied           countries to boycott anything German. They emphasized that the Germans were horrible and that the same ones that you were doing business with were the ones who were out there killing women and children.
      I later discovered that even after the war ended there was still tensions between German-Americans and the rest of the people. And then, of course, came World War II.

The first war to end all wars

I decided to look at something that relates to me as an artist. Not only did the soldiers write poetry but some of them drew. What amazes me the most is that these soldiers were in the midst of all this death and destruction and they still had the time and sanity to express themselves. They left us all this wonderful knowledge that was still treasure to this day.


http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/2635?CISOBOX=1&REC=3

The Great White Fleet

I have to put these six postcards together tonight. After soccer practice and and a bunch of slave labor for my mother. I can do this I can do this.

http://www.greatwhitefleet.info/

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq42-1.htm

http://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?vid=3&hid=11&sid=7ab0df87-8383-4710-9e05-060e73d9cbbf%40sessionmgr4&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=khh&AN=27523189

Whew what time is it anyway I'm exhausted

Ok so after checking out my classmates blogs here's what I've learned.


From John S
I learned that electricity was just being harnessed on a grand scale at this time. I also made  link from his topic to mine electricity--appliances---market change---need for advertising--advertising industry


From Laura
I learned about Charles Dana Gibson who was an illustrator that drew famous interpretations of what the modern woman should be. However as the world war began this mage began to change rapidly.


From Taylor 
I learned what the turn of the century was like for african americans and how their life's changes were different from other people.

Ladies and gentlemen here it is my not research paper!

There was not a lot of notable advertising in newspapers and magazines per turn of the century. Nor were there a lot of branded products. The advertisements were usually smaller than one column and had little or no illustration. The only exception to this was the medicine industry that countered their lack of medicine that actually worked by presenting large colorful ads.

            Many industries from soap to cigarettes began to standardize their products in response to changes in the market. Mail order catalogues and department stores began to hire or create their own advertisement firms. The total amount of advertising grew from about $200 millions worth in the 1880’s to about 3 billion in 1920.

            Previously an advertisement company’s main job was to find room in the extremely limited space of the day’s magazines and newspapers. As the market took off they became more concerned with the artistic aspect of the business than they were the placement of the ads themselves. This they left up to the business. Books were released to try and aid people in understanding the fine workings of the industry. They became much more interested in the way the customer reacted with the ad. Unfortunately they had some early reputation problems because of the medicine industry’s false ads

            The use of store credit was indirectly affected by advertising. As a result the 1920’s became a prosperous decade. Agencies also began using different media outlets, such as movie theaters and radio broadcasts during this time. Advertisers sought to bring consumers into the modern age.

   Chicago and New York became the main hubs of the industry. Chicago was the base of Albert Lasker who was called the father of modern advertising. He developed the cop writing technique and significantly changed popular culture. He even got the country hooked on oranges.