The Art of War: Volume 2 - The Axis (A collection of 135 Axis World War Two propaganda posters)

This is a fascinating collection of propaganda posters of the Nazi regime designed to promote an undying loyalty to their country and their leader. It is an affective means to shame anyone who questioned the actions of their government and regards them as traitors. The posters were designed to be simple and direct in their message. My only complaint is that there are no translations for the text on the posters and we are deprived of their content. My own understanding of the German language is minimal and I can pick out a few words here and there but it would have been informative had there been translations. If you do read German it will be interesting.

Very poor quality

This review is for the paperback edition, which is a nice collection of World War II posters printed on slick paper. The problem is that the posters seem to have been copied from the Internet, so, as other reviewers mentioned, they are sometimes poorly cropped and the lettering is often fuzzy. More importantly, no translation at all is provided for the Russian (volume 3), German and Japanese (volume 2) posters. Nor is there any context, such as when the posters were issued or what agency printed them. The book is not curated at all, other than a 3 page essay at the beginning. So, is no table of contents, nor sections, like army recruiting posters, vilification of enemies, messages about food conservation or many other topics that could have had some background. So, if you want to look at pictures in print rather than on a screen and you're not too picky about the clarity of the image you might enjoy looking at these books. If you want a scholar to give you a framework for the historical, social and political context, as well as translation, since two volumes are of series that are not in English, then this would probably not be a worthwhile purchase.

Ok

This title was right up my street, I've always found propaganda fascinating and the artwork styles are really interesting, the 40s were in a lot of ways the twilight for illustrations as photographs took centre stage soon after. Whether you're into history or art, you will find this collection interesting.

Another fascinating collection of propoganda posters from world war 2.Really enjoyed looking through them and seeing the messages which were being pushed to the people.Shows that wars to capture hearts and minds were almost as important as the physical battles across the world.