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title: In a war-torn world, let Good Books help you
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/good-books-saturday-review-1941/
description: 'Magazine promotion sheet: white headline over a red-tinted photograph of a ruined arched building, an open book listing five ''Be ... by Good Books'' lines.'
section: Collection
---

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[![In a war-torn world, let Good Books help you, 1941 US advertisement: Magazine promotion sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/good-books-saturday-review-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/good-books-saturday-review-1941.jpg)

# In a war-torn world, let Good Books help you

Magazine promotion sheet: white headline over a red-tinted photograph of a ruined arched building, an open book listing five 'Be ... by Good Books' lines, and the magazine's name. The technique is glittering generalities (informed, inspired, strengthened) plus a quoted Newsweek endorsement.

## Propaganda techniques used in this advertisement

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

## Text on the object

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

```
In a war-torn world,
let Good Books help YOU
Be informed by Good Books
Be stimulated by Good Books
Be inspired by Good Books
Be refreshed by Good Books
Be strengthened by Good Books
It's easier to choose and
appreciate Good Books by reading
The Saturday Review
of LITERATURE
"The one magazine in America which the adjective literary neatly fits."—NEWSWEEK
```

[← God bless America](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/god-bless-america-organ-hungerford-1941/) [Got an idea buzzin'? If it's good we'll use it! It may help win the war! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/got-an-idea-buzzin-1941/)

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