In war as in peace - this country is no stronger than our individual loyalty to it
Stylised poster: a gray single-engine aircraft with U.S. star roundels dives past mountains toward a road where a convoy of trucks is hit, with an explosion at left, smoke and helmeted soldiers running or lying beside the road. Large slogan text sits at centre. The scene supplies the fear-appeal; the slogan about 'individual loyalty' is a broad, undefined appeal (glittering generalities).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Issuer not printed; artist C. R. Miller
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Issuer not printed. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1096 (NAID 514623).
Text on the object
In war as in peace— this country is no stronger than our individual loyalty to it. [signature: C. R. MILLER] [imprint: faint line at bottom edge, illegible]
