What do you say, America? (Mussolini)
A tightly cropped photograph of Benito Mussolini in a peaked cap with eagle badge, head tilted up, on a solid red field, under a quotation attributed to him: 'We consider peace a catastrophe for human civilization.' The enemy leader's own words are used to alarm the reader, and the foot line asks 'What do YOU say, America?'
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Graphics Division, Office of War Information
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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)
Graphics Division, Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-371 (NAID 513821).
Text on the object
“We consider peace a catastrophe for human civilization” —MUSSOLINI What do YOU say, AMERICA? Issued by the Graphics Division, Office of War Information, Washington, D. C. OWI—P–3 [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O—472170]
