02864nam 2200673 a 450 991095621410332120251117065203.01-299-05331-91-60344-554-4(CKB)2670000000079233(OCoLC)652362565(CaPaEBR)ebrary10455986(SSID)ssj0000531037(PQKBManifestationID)11344135(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000531037(PQKBWorkID)10571811(PQKB)10499385(MiAaPQ)EBC3037911(MdBmJHUP)muse1161(Au-PeEL)EBL3037911(CaPaEBR)ebr10455986(CaONFJC)MIL436581(BIP)46431506(BIP)12779190(EXLCZ)99267000000007923320050913d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMobilizing the home front war bonds and domestic propaganda /James J. Kimble1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Pressc20061 online resource (213 p.) Presidential rhetoric series ;no. 15Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-58544-485-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and index.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.Kimble examines the U.S. Treasury's eight war bond drives that raised over $185 billion--the largest single domestic propaganda campaign known to that time. The campaign enlisted such figures as Judy Garland, Norman Rockwell, Irving Berlin, and Donald Duck to cultivate national morale and convince Americans to buy war bonds.Presidential rhetoric series ;no. 15.Savings bondsUnited StatesHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945FinanceUnited StatesPatriotismUnited StatesHistoryNationalismUnited StatesHistorySavings bondsHistory.World War, 1939-1945FinancePatriotismHistory.NationalismHistory.940.53/1Kimble James J.1966-1629946MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956214103321Mobilizing the home front4474637UNINA