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persuading evaluators...
The industry understands the influence that graphics have on their audience. It is common
knowledge to companies like Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin that
graphics are an essential part of winning new government business...
Flags, eagles, and other symbols of patriotism are often included on proposal covers simply because
of the positive emotional influence patriotic imagery has on government evaluators. Part of the
cover's goal is to instantly establish that the presenter is a supportive, trustworthy, reliable patriot.
[Source: http://billiondollargraphics.com/infographics.html]
Adolph Hitler devoted two chapters of Mein Kampf to the subject of the importance of propaganda,
stressing that “visual presentation” was of fundamental importance. That the NAZI’s were able to
effectively mobilize an entire nation to extreme acts of devotion is undeniable. The emotional and
psychic power of their visual imagery was immense.
Hitler Gives Address at Reichstag, 1939
The NAZI party was renowned for sponsoring grandiose rallies which were visual spectacles. The
swastika on a brilliant red background, the image of the eagle, and other visual centerpieces were
used with great emotional effect.
