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

TestimonialGlittering generalitiesTransfer

Date

April 10, 1956

Period

Cold War

Made by

U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Eisenhower Administration

Leader

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Persuade or win support

Theme

Science and technology

Event

Cold War

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America, Middle East (NAID 5051202), retrieved October 4, 2026

Rights

Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 10, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948910, 306-PPB-81a).

...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

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