![]() Pressure from private interests, however, led to the creation of “information campaigns,” through numerous outlets, including print. government was afraid of the power a centralized information bureau could wield, having witnessed it with Joseph Goebbels’ campaign in Nazi Germany, and Congress was wary of allowing the OWI to operate separately from diplomatic and military oversight. government was initially reluctant to engage in a mass propaganda campaign. As Alan Winkler explained in The Politics of Propaganda, the U.S. These posters were widespread and mass produced, aimed at improving domestic morale and encouraging enlistment, citizen involvement, conservation and other efforts to help the war effort abroad and at home. ![]() military establishment commissioned numerous artists in cooperation with the The Office of War Information (OWI) Bureau of Graphics to create and distribute propaganda posters. ![]() The expression “loose lips sink ships,” has become part of the American popular lexicon, almost as common as other expressions such as “going cold Turkey,” or “pitching in.” Despite its humorous nature, a very serious and profound history exists behind the statement. ![]()
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