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Once upon a time several gangster governments waged war across the world. The United States of America and others acknowledged the threat, organized plans to defeat the enemy and fought the enemy to the death. Not to a peace conference but to victory.The effort by our government was joined by, among others, artists, writers and editors here in America.One aspect of the home front effort was war-themed advertising, comic books, comic strips and editorial cartoons.Warren Bernard has published an analytical, sober, colorful, positive chronicle of the efforts of the cartoonists and their beautiful work in the war years in Cartoons for Victory.Here is a quotation from Chapter Six.Participation in scrap drives was promoted as a patriotic duty, and the drives were supported by posters, ad campaigns, and newspaper and magazine articles that sought to engage the American public. Though scrap drives’ effectiveness on overall war productions sometimes dubious (as in the case of aluminum), the drives unquestionably did swerve the important purpose of getting Americans involved in contributing personally to the war effort and supporting the troops overseas.That was then. Artists, writer and editors and our government have been following a different course during the current war being waged against us.But.There is now Bernard’s excellent book to remind us of that which was once possible in the United States of America.
