"In Mobilizing the Home Front, James J. Kimble marshals archival documents, public appeals, and a wealth of internal memoranda, reports, and surveys to offer a new understanding of the government's eight war bond drives and the psyche of the nation at war. Kimble's revisionist perspective of wartime America also casts light on the continuing impacts of this propaganda effort on American culture today."--BOOK JACKET.

Introduction: Propaganda and the bonds of war -- A history of war bonds to 1942: the path to training and cohesion -- War bond drives in 1942 and 1943: developing apprehensive enthusiasm -- War bond drives in 1944: struggling with resignation -- The mighty seventh and the victory loan: the 1945 war bond drives as a terminal period -- Assessing the Treasury's war bond legacies: militarized propaganda, enemy constructions, and the war's perfecting myth.