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Turley, David. "David Low and America, 1936–1950." Journal of American Studies 21. (1987): 183–205. Added by: joachim (8/19/22, 10:12 AM) Last edited by: joachim (8/19/22, 10:14 AM) |
Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1017/S0021875800029169 BibTeX citation key: Turley1987 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: Caricature, Low. David, Politics, USA Creators: Turley Collection: Journal of American Studies |
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Few figures are more rapidly forgotten than dead journalists, except perhaps dead cartoonists. Yet the graphic work of Sir David Low (1891–1963) has not entirely slipped from memory. He is recalled as the inventor of the contradictory certainties of Colonel Blimp and as a scourge of appeasement. Particularly in the years immediately before, during and after the Second World War he achieved an international reputation. He was not perceived, and did not see himself, as a “funny man” but as a commentator on and analyst of international politics. His cartooning he presented as a form of argument to educate opinion in defence of liberal values and democratic institutions and in favour of rational conduct in international affairs. For these reasons his graphic and print journalism are revealing about the strengths and limitations of the outlook which might be termed “liberal internationalism.” Precisely because of this ideological content the United States became crucial in Low's thought at a time when liberal values and democratic institutions seemed under imminent threat and American capacity to accede to or refuse the role of “successor to John Bull” more apparent.
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