The Last Time I saw Paris - By John Foster Dulles
A large portrait of a man in a French general's kepi with two stars has atomic-orbit symbols for eyes, and jagged beams from them strike the Eiffel Tower behind him. The cartoon, titled with a song title attributed to a US Secretary of State, argues that a French military leader with nuclear ambitions threatens the city; the technique is fear-appeal, a weak-to-moderate fit, as the menace is conveyed by imagery rather than stated claims.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- July 8, 1958
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- War and the military, Science and technology
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, NAID 5743264 (NAID 5743264).
