![]() ![]() Both countries, at one time or another, assaulted the Chinese world image as represented by "yellow monkeys", or the "yellow peril." Both the US and Japan made excellent use of the "war poster", but among the most striking was an American-created image of a naked white woman slung over the shoulder of a Japanese officer, as if the entire American nation would be raped if the empire was allowed to prevail. In the years leading up to World War II, an intense study led by the Japanese government delved into the details of American culture and customs, particularly those dear to men of fighting age. ![]() While the US lacked any international audience, preaching mostly to its own, Japan disseminated propagandistic material throughout all the Asian countries it eventually intended to conquer. ![]() Japanese propaganda was not a new invention to be used only against the United States. Every nation involved in the Second World War, whether of the Allies or Axis, possessed an agency devoted to the mission of demoralizing and misleading the enemy, and virtually all artistic genres participated. ![]() However, its potential for mass psychological impact created a new paradigm with the invention of modern electronic communications. The subtle art of propaganda campaigns directed against one's enemies has been a feature of war since ancient times. ![]()
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