Cartoons of World War II

This book is a collection of WWII cartoons, many of them heavy-handed and propagandistic in nature--and the humor is often just as heavy-handed. They are all the more instructive for those very characteristics, amounting to history lessons; and, for history lessons, they are usually funny. They will be best appreciated by those who can remember WWII or who are steeped in its history.

The cartoon humor was a little lost in me. These were drawn before I was born. But helped me understand a little more of the humor and culture of the time.

Very interesting!

A nice selection of political cartoons from various nations (and from various political points of view) from the second world war. Basic information is provided about the context, and the artist, of each cartoon. It read well on my Kindle Fire (unlike some cartoon collections) and is usefully arranged in chronological order. The only reason I've given it four, rather than five, stars is that it's a bit short. It felt more like a sampler. That's OK, of course, but I was left wanting more.

Great historical cartoons. Nice to see the view from all sources. I would have liked the point of view from the colonies of these countries too.

Could have used a lot more representations from around the world.

Love this Cartoon book

It is a good book with a nice selection of cartoons. It's not overwhelming nor leaves you unsatisfied. I enjoyed it.

This is an interesting book containing about 200 contemporaneous political cartoons relating to World War II, from cartoonists in Axis and Allied countries (and not from any neutral countries). Looking at them now, few of them would be considered funny, but of course their main purpose at the time was to encourage civilians and soldiers (or dishearten the enemy); moreover, in the darkest of times I can imagine that ones sense of humour is different as well. The comments by Tony Husband are fairly short; in fact, it doesn't take long to read the whole book. One glaring error relates to a Dutch cartoon which is attributed to a "Leest Storm" - any Dutchman will tell you that this is not a name but an admonition to read "Storm", at the time a weekly publication of the Dutch SS.

used for history course for students at school. great addition. packed well and fast delivery

very promt delivery.just what we needed and a very good price too.