These propaganda posters come from the UK, US, Russia and Germany, respectively. What do they suggest the war was about? What can the
propaganda of the warring powers tell us about nationalism, the war they imagined the war, how they tried to motivate their citizens to fight?
Tuesday: The coming of World War I
Thursday: FIRST EXAM
Readings:
Turbulent Passage, Chapter 5 all
Sources of Twentieth Century Global History, 73-103
Dumb Luck, 1-90
More Resources:
First World War.com - A multimedia history of World War One see especially the Propaganda Posters section.
The PBS Production, "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century"