Mobilizing the home front : war bonds and domestic propaganda / / James J. Kimble
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| Autore: |
Kimble James J. <1966->
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| Titolo: |
Mobilizing the home front : war bonds and domestic propaganda / / James J. Kimble
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| Pubblicazione: | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.53/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Savings bonds - United States - History |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Finance - United States | |
| Patriotism - United States - History | |
| Nationalism - United States - History | |
| 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mobilizing the home front |
| ISBN: | 1-299-05331-9 |
| 1-60344-554-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910956214103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Presidential rhetoric series ; ; no. 15.