The Art of War: Volume 3 - The Soviets (A collection of 135 Soviet World War Two propaganda posters) Kindle Edition

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.

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.

El libro es precioso en su contenido, una iconografía llena de belleza y fuerza. Muy chulo, el problema es que la impresión de las ilustraciones es malísima, pixelada y de colores apagados. Una cosa por otra, pero no recomiendo comprarlo. Si buscas bien, hay otras opciones más recomendables, quizá más caras pero de mucha más calidad, que dejarán más satisfecho. Una pena, porque los posters en sí son fantásticos.

This book is a collection of propaganda posters pictures found on the internet without any translation nor comments. The quality of most images is very low (pixelised).