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Evil Doesn't Live Here: Posters of the Bosnian War

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This is still the only book of its kind on the Bosnian War, a pictorial study of the propaganda posters used by all sides.

I agree with the above summary on the text, however. It doesn't do much for the book, and is thankfully spare. The intro is not very useful at all, but the pictures often speak for themselves needing only a few sentences after the basic details (year, etc). Posters range from ad-mocking pleas by artists and civilians while some is pure government PR, some of the cruder pictures evoking earlier 20th century wars. Some are printed in English to reach foreign powers while some are in Roman or Cyrillic to appeal to the homeland. Many are extremely creative and clever, using universal logos and symbols. Subjects for these single-frame calls-to-arm include the slaughter of a people and a plea for attention, the fear of Islam in Europe, the fear of a Croatian-Nazi state, the uselessness of the UN, etc, etc. There's a good cross-section of material as well and brief notes about the differents propaganda machines in each country.

Chilling to look at the posters and think about the carnage done in their name; the more aggression ones are even darker years later.