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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809917803321

Autore

Kimble James J. <1966->

Titolo

Mobilizing the home front : war bonds and domestic propaganda / / James J. Kimble

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-299-05331-9

1-60344-554-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Presidential rhetoric series ; ; no. 15

Disciplina

940.53/1

Soggetti

Savings bonds - United States - History

World War, 1939-1945 - Finance - United States

Patriotism - United States - History

Nationalism - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Propaganda and the bonds of war -- A history of war bonds to 1942: the path to training and cohesion -- War bond drives in 1942 and 1943: developing apprehensive enthusiasm -- War bond drives in 1944: struggling with resignation -- The mighty seventh and the victory loan: the 1945 war bond drives as a terminal period -- Assessing the Treasury's war bond legacies: militarized propaganda, enemy constructions, and the war's perfecting myth.