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title: 'Atoms for Peace poster, page 1: Eisenhower pledge (English-text poster, distribution post not stated)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/atoms-for-peace-poster-page-1-eisenhower-pledge-1956/
description: A blue sheet with a drawn portrait of a man at left, the words ATOMS FOR PEACE in large capitals, and a laurel-wreathed atom symbol.
section: Collection
---

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# Atoms for Peace poster, page 1: Eisenhower pledge (English-text poster, distribution post not stated)

A blue sheet with a drawn portrait of a man at left, the words ATOMS FOR PEACE in large capitals, and a laurel-wreathed atom symbol. Printed beneath the portrait is a quotation attributed to President Eisenhower's 8 December 1953 address to the UN General Assembly, pledging U.S. effort so that human inventiveness is 'consecrated to his life'. The tell is testimonial, the President's own words, with glittering generalities ('peace', 'life').

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
...the United States pledges before
you -- and therefore before the world --
its determination to help solve the fear-
ful atomic dilemma, to devote its entire heart
and mind to find the way by which the
miraculous inventiveness of man shall
not be dedicated to his death, but
consecrated to his life.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
President of the United States

Addressing the General Assembly of
the United Nations, December 8, 1953

ATOMS
FOR
PEACE

SUPPLEMENT TO
Free World
VOLUME V - No 6
JUNE - 1956

1
```

Page number 1 printed at lower right.

[← So that's the way to beat him... Be a Republican](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/stevenson-books-eisenhower-wisconsin-vote-berryman-1956/) [Atoms for Peace poster, page 2: Philippines treaty (English-text poster, Philippines subject) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/atoms-for-peace-poster-page-2-philippines-treaty-1956/)

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