
- Nixon - La Peste Dehors!
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Nixon - La Peste Dehors!
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
France (made)
- Date:
ca. 1969 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Credit Line:
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
- Museum number:
E.137-2004
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3, shelf G, box 4
This poster criticises (newly elected) U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon's role in escalating conflicts during the Vietnam War. In 1969, Nixon pledged to continue military support for South Vietnam, engaged in a brutal conflict against North Vietnamese Communists. This poster was probably produced by protesting French students. While many such protest posters were produced by dissenting American youth, the French also had strong ties to Vietnam, where France excercised colonial rule until 1954.