Epikaira Eikonografimena poster, March 1959 (Greek pictorial poster distributed in Greece)
A Greek-language photo-and-caption wall sheet dated March 1959, headed '1949 1959 NATO: For the consolidation of Peace', for the alliance's tenth anniversary. A compass-rose emblem with member flags, a NATO organisation chart, a production-share bar chart (68%, 61%, 46%, 43%, 67%, 75%), and photographs of the council, Greek soldiers, radar, a B-52 and warships accompany text on Greece's membership. The tell is glittering-generalities ('peace', 'freedom') with fear-appeal in the text recalling the 1947-48 communist takeovers in Eastern Europe, as one-sided card-stacking.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- March 1959
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- USIS Greece, for U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Dept. IIE 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
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, 1 January 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948782, 306-PPB-29e).
Text on the object
ΕΠΙΚΑΙΡΑ ΕΙΚΟΝΟΓΡΑΦΗΜΕΝΑ ΜΑΡΤΙΟΣ 1959 1949 1959 ΝΑΤΟ: Διὰ τὴν ἑδραίωσιν τῆς Εἰρήνης Η ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗ ΤΩΝ ΧΩΡΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΝΑΤΟ (ἐν σχέσει πρὸς τὴν Παγκόσμιον) Εἰς τὸ παρελθόν, ἡ Ἑλλὰς μόνη, ὤρθωσε περισσότερον ἀπὸ μίαν φορὰ τὸ ἀνάστημα τῆς προασπιζομένη τοῦ πατρίου ἐδάφους καὶ τῆς Ἐλευθερίας. Σήμερον δὲν εἶναι πλέον μόνη. ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟΝ ΓΕΝΙΚΟΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΙΩΤΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗ ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ ΟΜΑΣ ΑΤΛΑΝΤΙΚΟΣ ΕΥΡΩΠΗ ΔΙΑΝΕΜΕΤΑΙ ΔΩΡΕΑΝ ΥΠΟ ΤΗΣ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΗΣ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΑΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ
TOPICAL ILLUSTRATED. 1949 1959 NATO: For the consolidation of Peace THE PRODUCTION OF THE NATO COUNTRIES (in relation to the world total) In the past, Greece alone stood tall more than once defending the native soil and Freedom. Today she is no longer alone. COUNCIL SECRETARY GENERAL MILITARY COMMITTEE PERMANENT GROUP ATLANTIC EUROPE (organisation chart labels) Distributed free by the American Information Service
Only the masthead, date line, section headings, imprint and selected caption passages are transcribed; the many small photo captions are not reproduced in full. Polytonic accents are approximated from a downscaled scan.
