If Russia Should Win

Title

If Russia Should Win

Subject

American Propaganda in the Cold War

Description

[ID: Black and white illustration of a woman being crushed by a giant pair of men's shoes with text that reads, "If Russia Should Win. If Russia and the Communists should win the next world war, many American men would be sterilized. In case the Communists should conquer, our women would be helpless beneath the boots of the Asiatic Russians." /end ID]

Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by the film industry
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive, behavioral 
Shaping Perceptions: language ("Communists" "Russia" "world war" "American men" "sterilized" "our women" "Asiatic"), image (boot, woman)
Achieve a Response: anti-Communist perception, sentiment, and behavior

Source

SA Rogers. "The Red Menace: 15 Vintage Anti-Communist Ads & Propaganda." Web Urbanist. Image. Accessed February 2022. https://weburbanist.com/2013/06/12/the-red-menace-15-vintage-anti-communist-ads-propaganda/

Original Format

Image

Physical Dimensions

1000x1356

Files

1953-If-Russia-Should-Win-1000x1356.jpg

Citation

“If Russia Should Win,” American History of Propaganda, accessed November 19, 2024, https://ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/46.