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Figure 2. http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee 269 Manuel García Ruiz The cartoon, the new weapon of the First World other countries and from their own people, who were encouraged to support the war effort through the purchase of war bonds”15. THE CARTOON DURING THE GREAT WAR The Great War saw a change in the nature of the modern state, which had a bearing of the lives of its citizens like never before: mass mobilisations of millions of soldiers, with the resulting logistical problem of supply; important developments to scientific research at the service of the war; concerns about the welfare of combatants and the singularity of the involvement of the home front in the campaign, which, by way of consequence, would give rise to the essential role played by propaganda. In the words of Pizarroso Quintero: “never before had the persuasion of the masses played this leading role, so decisive to the development of an armed conflict”16. However, over the course of 15  Willmott, H. P., World War I, London: Dorling Kindersley, 2003, p. 123. 16  Pizarroso Quintero, Alejandro. Historia de la propaganda: una aproximación metodológica, Complutense University Madrid, Historia y Comunicación Social, no. 4, 1999, p. 169.


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