The legendary life of Lenin -- Scenes of the revolution -- Mussolini, master of images -- Productions of the Third Reich -- Icons of the Stalinist cult -- The Maoist saga -- From the Prague "coup" to the Prague "spring" -- Asian lives and battles -- Balkan revolutions -- The optical illusions of Cuban history -- The Soviet tradition -- When methods are exported
Summary
Uncovers the use of retouching to produce propaganda images in the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc, China, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Castro's Cuba