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
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
Citation
“If Russia Should Win,” American History of Propaganda, accessed October 1, 2024, https://mail.ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/46.