North America
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The First Sting (American painting, 2008)
Text: NA. Year: 2008. Publisher: NA. Artist: Stuart Brown. Additional information: The painting depicts an insurgent firing a US-provided Stinger missile at a Soviet helicopter during the Soviet-Afghan War. It was commissioned by the CIA to be housed in the CIA Museum. The official description of the painting reads: ‘First Sting depicts the turning point…
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His Only Real Offense (American cartoon, 1949)
Text: His Only Real Offense. Year: January 1949. Publisher: Catholic Advance. Artist: Maloney. Additional information: The cartoon depicts a priest, labeled as the ‘Champion of Human Rights’, defiantly facing a pistol-toting communist attempting to arrest him. It was published in the Kansas-based Catholic Advance newspaper alongside a story about a newly-ordained priest who was allegedly…
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Roman Holiday in the Spanish Bull Ring (American illustration, 1938)
Text: Roman Holiday in the Spanish Bull Ring. Year: 1938. Publisher: Ken. Artist: Derso & Kelen. Additional information: The illustration depicts Spain personified as a bull, symbolizing the nation, being slain by weapons representing various factions of the Spanish Civil War. The bull is impaled with a sickle, a swastika-handled sword, a star-and-crescent sword, a…
