The)Post-War)Quest)for)Peace:)1919)–)1938)
The)Russian)Bolsheviks’)belief)in)communist)revolution)threatened)world)stability.)
Publication)Date:)January!10,!1919! !NAID:)6011546!
Description:!
A!classical!Greco-Roman!woman!a
rmed!with!a!sword!and!shield!representing!civilization!stands!
cautiously! between! a! wild-haired,! frightening! man! representing! bolshevism! and! a! handcuffed!
and!chained!German!soldier!representing!militarism.!The!cartoon!suggests!that!although!civilization!
has!beaten!Germany,!it!now!faces!a!new!threat.!An!article!published!in!The!Evening!Star!on!the!same!
day!suggested!that! the! Allies! saw! it!as!America’s!responsibility! to! “police”! Europe.! Berryman’s!cartoon!
reflects! the! European! fear! that! bolshevism! would! solidify! its! control! over! Russia! and! fill! the! power!
vacuum!left!by!the!war!in!Germany!and!Eastern!Europe.!Published!at!a!time!when!hunger!and!political!
instability!fueled!widespread! revolutionary! movements,! this! cartoon!reflects!an! uneasy! realization! that!
the! war! fought! by! America! to! make! the! world! safe! for! democracy! has! not! ended,! but! rather! has!
expanded!into!a!wider!responsibility!of!preserving!civilized!order.!
Cut!this!sheet!along!the!dotted!lines!