Wake Up, America

The "War to End All Wars" did not begin as a popular cause. Americans were reluctant to get involved in what they viewed as Europe's war and reelected Woodrow Wilson on his promise to keep this nation out of it. When war became inevitable, public opinion had to be turned around. To do this, the government mobilized the talents of an incredible cadre of artists to create "pictorial publicity" for all aspects of the war effort -- from recruiting to war relief to food and fuel conservation. Artists of the caliber of James Montgomery Flagg, Howard Chandler Christy, Charles Dana Gibson, J. C. Leyendecker, and N. C Wyeth produced an impressive -- even magnificent -- body of art, yet all but a handful of these posters have been almost totally forgotten.

In this handsome volume, historian Walton Rawls combines a stirring popular history of America's role in World War I with a remarkable collection of posters that boldly demonstrate their artistic worth. The text, while providing ample art-historical background, concentrates on the all-absorbing historical and politic

Foreword

9

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Maurice Rickards

Introduction

11

(18)

Art posters of the Golden Age in France, Germany, England, and America

A Provenance of Calamity

29

(20)

War posters from Russia, Italy, Austria, Britain, and Germany, and American relief posters

``The Impossible War''

49

(20)

Prewar U. S. Army enlistment, appeals to Allied nationals living abroad, and woman's war-effort posters

Lusitania's 202nd Crossing

69

(14)

U. S. Navy recruiting and Shipping Board---Emergency Fleet Corporation posters

``A Rendezvous with Death''

83

(22)

French patriotic and fund-raising posters and American Ambulance Field Service posters

``The Hun is at the Gate''

105

(28)

Preparedness, National Guard, draft, food conservation, and Red Cross posters

``A Vast Enterprise in Salesmanship''

133

(16)

Espionage, Committee on Public Information, Four-Minute Men, and war films posters

``How Art Put on Khaki''

149

(22)

Patriotic, Division of Pictorial Publicity, American Library Association, United War Work Campaign, and Y.W.C.A. posters

``A Call to Action''

171

(24)

Air Service recruiting, war production, Fuel and Railroad administrations posters

The Liberty Loans

195

(40)

First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Victory Liberty loans, and War Savings Stamps posters

``Drums are Drumming Everywhere''

235

(38)

U.S. Army recruiting, Veterinary Corps, U.S. Marines recruiting, and postwar Air Service posters

TAPS

273

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Postwar employment and re-enlistment posters

Acknowledgments

279

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Bibliography

280

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Index

282

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