'' Comics and Conflict : Patriotism and Propaganda from World War II through Operation Iraqi Freedom '' is a book created by American academic Cord A. Scott and published by the Naval Institute Press in 2014 . Scott has stated that the book 's basis lay in a 2011 dissertation he wrote for college , as well as his own early interest in comics . He also noted that the book and dissertation was also influenced by a comment made by a comic book store owner after the events of the September 11 attacks , when the owner noted that the character of '' Captain America '' was " being brought back to fight terrorism . " In the book , Scott examines how illustrations and comics were used as a form of propaganda and a way to express patriotism . He highlights specific comic books such as '' Captain America '' as examples of this and how they have been used from the World War II era to modern day
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