Only the Navy can Stop This

Title

Only the Navy can Stop This

Subject

American propaganda in WW1

Description

[ID: Poster showing a florid German soldier, wearing pirate skull-and-crossbones and brandishing a bloody sword as he wades in a tide of women's and children's bodies. Below is text that reads, "Only the Navy can stop this." /end ID]

Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by the American government and military  
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive, behavioral 
Shaping Perceptions: language ("only" "Navy" "stop"), image (blood, German soldiers, dead women/children)
Achieve a Response: negative perception and sentiment towards Germany that leads to enlistment

Source

Rogers, W. A. , Artist. Only the Navy can stop this / W.A. Rogers. United States, 1917. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001700444/.  

Original Format

Image

Physical Dimensions

64x49

Files

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Citation

“Only the Navy can Stop This,” American History of Propaganda, accessed November 19, 2024, https://ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/14.