Dr. Seuss Goes to War: World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel » (Reprint)

For decades, readers throughout the world have enjoyed the marvelous stories and illustrations of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. But few know Geisel's work as a political cartoonist during World War II for the New York daily newspaper PM. In these marvelously trenchant cartoons, Geisel captured the Zeitgeist - especially the attitudes of the New Deal liberals who read PM - with a wonderful Seussian flair, Dr. Seuss Goes to War features handsome, large-format reproductions of more than two hundred of Geisel's cartoons from this time.. "The cartoons savage Hitler, Japan, Mussolini, and "isolationist" leaders such as Charles Lindbergh; exhort readers to give full support to the war effort, put up with shortages, buy U. S. savings bonds, and help control inflation. They are sharply critical of anti-Semitism and anti-black racism - and, shockingly, undeniably racist in their portrayal of Japanese Americans. An introduction and commentary by Richard H. Minear, an historian of the era and author of Victors' Justice, place them in context and provide insight into the national climate they reflect.

Entertainment Weekly

Scathing, fascinating stuff....A provocative history of wartime politics. Grade: A.