Skimmed mostly for the images, and it gave a pretty good idea of week-to-week topics on the (NYC) homefront. Plenty of interesting and even re-relevant stuff.

His treatment of Japan was ... really something. :/

Interesting historical look at WW II and leading up to it via Dr. Seuss cartoons. Who know how political he was.

Learn the source material for Yertle the Turtle and Horton Hears a Who.

Seuss v. Nazis -- what's not to love.

Dr. Seuss Goes to War illustrates Theodor Geisel’s opinions regarding the war effort and the efforts on the home front. The cartoons are drawn with precision and stay on message while still being complex.

The book discusses and show’s Dr. Seuss’s evolution from political cartoons to children’s books author and illustrator too. Did you know that Yertle the Turtle is actually Hitler or any fascist trying to rule the world? Also, Horton Hears a Who is about post war Japan and its first democratic election.

Unfortunately, many of the cartoons have not aged in relevancy, but still warn citizenry of the dangers of inflated egos and insatiable appetites for power. They also warn us against complacency and ignorance. In one particular cartoon Dr. Seuss assures us that as long as we, en masse, can thumb our noses at a fascist (Hitler), we will be free.

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Excellent retrospective of the political cartoon work of Theodore Geisel prior to his work for children. Learned about the politics behind his work. I like studying the work of Political Cartoonists.

An interesting (although not long on analysis) look at Dr. Seuss's pre-fame cartoon work during the war. Mostly startling for the comparisons you can draw, in terms of content and style, between these works and his more famous later works.

Almost every one of the cartoons in this book would get us banned from Facebook nowadays. Many written against Hitler trying to inspire Americans to go to war against the Nazi’s.

So enlightening and it seems so many parallels to today's times.

Collection of his political cartoons during ww2. Cartoons were great, but the commentary and descriptions were lacking.

A fascinating book. Quite enjoyed it.

The political comics of Theodor Geisel are presented in this book with enough background, commentary, and context to be really appreciated. The political points being promoted by each comic aren't always obvious, and Richard Minear's elaborations are as illuminating as they are concise.

He also doesn't sugar-coat or excuse the problems of Mr. Geisel's work, pointing out how Geisel addressed racism against Jewish and Black people while also being unselfconsciously racist against Japanese people (including Japanese-Americans).

I really enjoyed reading this book, and I learned much more about World War II (and especially domestic US politics at the time) from it than I had expected to.

The analytical sections of Dr. Seuss Goes to War were often underwhelming, but the actual WWII-era cartoons were stunning enough to carry the book. The cartoons were, by turn, shocking in their modern day resonance, poignant in their direct criticism of the era’s horrors, and infuriating in their espousal of racist tropes in their denunciation of political racism. As much as anything, the cartoons were fascinating as simple works of art with all the humor and ingenuity of Dr. Seuss’s children’s books.