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Dr. Seuss Goes to War
''Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel'' is a 1999 book written by Richard H. Minear, containing Dr. Seuss's political cartoons created during World War II.〔Beth Gardiner, ("Little-Known Seuss Political Cartons Mixed Whimsy, War" ), Associated Press in ''The Columbian'', August 31, 1999 .〕
Creating his cartoons for the liberal New York magazine ''PM'', Seuss denounced Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini and was highly critical of non-interventionists ("isolationists"), most notably Charles Lindbergh, who opposed US entry into the war. One cartoon depicted all Japanese Americans as latent traitors or fifth-columnists, while at the same time other cartoons deplored the racism at home against Jews and blacks that harmed the war effort. His cartoons were strongly supportive of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's handling of the war, combining the usual exhortations to ration and contribute to the war effort with frequent attacks on Congress〔(Dr. Seuss Went to War - Redirect )〕 (especially the Republican Party〔(Republican Party List )〕), parts of the press (such as the ''New York Daily News'', ''Chicago Tribune'' and ''Washington Times-Herald''),〔Minear, op. cit., p. 191〕 isolationists (notably Charles Lindbergh),〔Peggy Constantine, (" Horton Saves the World" ), ''The New York Times'', January 9, 2000.〕 and others for criticism of Roosevelt, criticism of aid to the Soviet Union,〔(Our war load ), from "Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Collection of Political Cartoons" at UC San Diego Library Special Collections.〕〔(Gnawing at our life line ), from "Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Collection of Political Cartoons" at UC San Diego Library Special Collections.〕 investigation of suspected Communists,〔Minear, op. cit., p. 190-1〕 and other offenses that he depicted as leading to disunity and helping the Nazis, intentionally or inadvertently.
==Reception==
The book was well received. ''Entertainment Weekly'' gave it an "A" grade: "This is scathing, fascinating stuff, and with Minear's commentary, it provides a provocative history of wartime politics."〔("Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons Of Theodor Seuss Geisel" ), ''Entertainment Weekly'', November 5, 1999.〕 ''People'' described the book as "How the Führer (Almost) Stole Christmas" and called it "a revelation", although (like many other reviewers) it noted with distate Seuss's "incongruously, appallingly caricatured Japanese-Americans".〔("Picks and Pans Review: Dr. Seuss Goes to War" ), 'People'', November 15, 1999.〕 Gaby Wood of ''The Guardian'' commented on the connection between Seuss's war cartoons and the messages in his later work for children, observing, "It is as if, having fought for common sense during the war, Dr Seuss performed a canny shift and turned non-sense to his advantage, making it the plain universal language we needed to hear."〔Gaby Wood, ("Seuss's other hat: In Dr Seuss Goes to War, Richard Minear shows how Dr Seuss's wartime cartoons of Hitler reveal the darker side of the creator of the Cat in the Hat" ), ''The Guardian'', August 5, 2000.〕
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