"Examines wartime political cartoons - with particular emphasis on the works of James Montgomery Flagg, Dr. Seuss, Ollie Harrington, and Ann Telnaes - to examine how, when, and why graphic caricatures serve to illuminate the US national character."-- Provided by publisher.

Pledges of allegiance, sexualized politics, and comic pillories in James Montgomery Flagg's America --Dr. Seuss and his wacky war on American culture -- Children of war in Ollie Harrington's dark comedy -- The battle rages on in Ann Telnaes' comic travesties of the war on terror.