Mobilizing the home front : war bonds and domestic propaganda /
"In Mobilizing the Home Front, James J. Kimble marshals archival documents, public appeals, and a wealth of internal memoranda, reports, and surveys to offer a new understanding of the government's eight war bond drives and the psyche of the nation at war. Kimble's revisionist perspec...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2006
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Presidential rhetoric series ;
no. 15 |
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Table of Contents:
- 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