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title: I 15 paesi della NATO poster (Italian, Rome)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nato-15-paesi-poster-italian-1957/
description: An Italian poster in blue with a grey map of North America and Europe, the letters N-A-T-O built from member flags along a diagonal rope.
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# I 15 paesi della NATO poster (Italian, Rome)

An Italian poster in blue with a grey map of North America and Europe, the letters N-A-T-O built from member flags along a diagonal rope, and a compass-rose emblem. Text: 15 countries of NATO, 435 million inhabitants, an economic potential equal to two thirds of world production, united in NATO for the defence of peace and the safeguarding of Western civilisation. The tell is bandwagon, with population and production totals as the argument, and glittering-generalities in 'peace' and 'Western civilisation'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ORGANIZZAZIONE R. P.
TOMEI

i 15 PAESI della NATO

435 MILIONI DI ABITANTI - CON UN POTENZIALE ECO-NOMICO PARI AI DUE TERZI DELLA PRODUZIONE MON-DIALE - UNITI NELLA NATO PER LA DIFESA DELLA PACE E LA SALVAGUARDIA DELLA CIVILTÀ OCCIDENTALE

Esente da gravami fiscali ai sensi dell'Art. 23 - Allegato B del D. P. 24-6-54 - n. 342 | Supplemento al N. 64 di marzo 1957 della Rivista "DOCUMENTI DI VITA ITALIANA" | Vecchioni & Guadagno Via Casal de Merode, 8 - Roma - Aprile 1957
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
R. P. ORGANISATION
TOMEI

the 15 COUNTRIES of NATO

435 MILLION INHABITANTS - WITH AN ECONOMIC POTENTIAL EQUAL TO TWO THIRDS OF WORLD PRODUCTION - UNITED IN NATO FOR THE DEFENCE OF PEACE AND THE SAFEGUARDING OF WESTERN CIVILISATION

Exempt from tax charges under Art. 23 - Annex B of D.P. 24-6-54 - no. 342 | Supplement to no. 64 of March 1957 of the review 'DOCUMENTI DI VITA ITALIANA' | Vecchioni & Guadagno, Via Casal de Merode 8, Rome, April 1957
```

Hyphenation at line ends (ECO-NOMICO, MON-DIALE) kept as printed.

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