James J. Kimble, an assistant professor of communication at Seton Hall University, received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. He is also a Distinguished Honor Graduate of the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School.
What Readers Are Saying:
“For historians, the most important contribution of this thoughtful book is the extended description of the contributions the various campaigns made to the larger propaganda effort. Scholars such as John Morton Blum have suggested as much in the past, but Kimble provides a full and detailed description that shows clearly how the bond program developed and the important results it produced.” --Journal of American History
“Kimble provides an informative and instructive account of a neglected but important aspect of war finance and domestic morale.” --John Morton Blum, Professor Emeritus of History, Yale University and author o
“That Kimble has managed to say something new and interesting and consequential in such a massive scholarly field is highly commendable. . . . [He] has seemingly left no stone unturned in his quest to get ‘the whole story.’ . . . Kimble has shown us the value of looking at the Treasury’s rhetorical move . . .” --Davis Houck, Professor, Florida State University, and author of FDR and Fe