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Posters of the first world war

The First World War coincided with a golden age of advertising, and throughout the conflict striking and colourful poster art was used to recruit soldiers, promote investment in the war, keep up morale - and, of course, to vilify the enemy. Prominent artists including Norman Wilkinson paired bold images to punchy text to maximise the pieces' impact, and the selection in this book offers an informative guide to the range of posters used and how British government appeals and messages were displayed around the nation. From the iconic image of Kitchener pointing and declaring 'Your Country Nee

eBook, English, 2014
Shire Publications, Oxford, 2014