This political cartoon was first published published in the Washington Post on June 17, 1965, drawn by Herb Block. The day before it was published the Department of Defense announced that more soldiers would be sent to Vietnam. This cartoon reflects how the American people felt that President Johnson was looking down on them and not telling them the truth. Johnson is drawn saying "our position hasn't changed at all," yet is on an escalator labeled "Vietnam". This shows the way many Americans opposed the escalation on the war in Vietnam and shows their anger at being lied to.
This political cartoon was also drawn by Herb Block. It was published by the Washington Post on November 1, 1962, only four days after the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy and Khrushchev are drawn trying to hold a monster inside of a box labeled "Nuclear War". Smoke is coming out of the box to represent the destruction that would occur if nuclear war were to happen. The monstrous hands of nuclear war would be powerful enough to destroy both Kennedy (America) and Khrushchev (USSR) if allowed to escape. Both of the leaders are sweating and even working together to ensure peace. The title "LETS GET A LOCK FOR THIS THING" refers to the way they were able to narrowly escape nuclear war after the Cuban Missile Crisis, and expresses the need for future cooperation to avoid further problems. American society at this point has been shaken up quite a bit by the missile crisis and wants a "lock" on peace.
This cartoon depicts Uncle Sam representing the US in a small fishing boat. The boat is nearing a whirlpool that represents US involvement in Asia. It shows show the US started out in Vietnam and then had a struggle with Thailand. Due to the domino theory many people feared that if one country in Asia fell to communism they would all eventually topple. This cartoon however, shows that many people in American society are fed up with all the wars and unnecessary US involvement in Asia, where many people believed that we had no reason to be.
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