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=Plan of the Investigation (100-150 Words) Tips]=

** __ Introduction __ **

This study will seek to answer the question ‘How useful are the cartoons of David Low to historians studying international relations in the 1930’s’. I chose this question because I have a real interest in David Low’s cartoons and I feel that they made a real impact on different people around the world at the time. His cartoons were showing Germany, Italy and Japan threatening world peace. Low was very keen on creating cartoons during the period of 1930 – 1945, so on key events like the Second World War, the Depression and he also focuses on certain key historic figures. Issues like the two World Wars are still very important today and Low’s cartoons give an incite to what other people thought of the ruling government and rulers. Low exposed the conflicts and contradictions inside the democracies and the dictatorships also.

In order to answer this question, I will investigate the accuracy and usefulness of Low’s cartoons in relation to three key themes / events of the 1930’s, namely ‘the appeasement’, international relations between Germany and Italy and the rise of Hitler and then see how Low’s cartoons had an impact of the people around him at the time and how they still have an impact on us today.

Throughout the study, I make use of a variety of sources, including the following: David Low’s autobiography [1], Modern European History 1890 – 1990 by Alan Farmer [2] and various other websites on history in the 1930’s [3]. I will also use some of David Low’s cartoon, which are taken from a book [4] and contain Low’s viewpoints and motives behind his cartoons.

//[1]// //David Low (1957).// Low’s Autobiography. //Simon and Schuster, inc (ISBN:…)//  [2] Alan Farmer (2000). An Introduction to Modern European History 1890 – 1990. //Hodder & Stoughton (ISBN: 0340753668)//

//[3]// // [] // [4] David Low and Quincy Howe (1946). // A Cartoon History: 1931-45 Years of Wrath. //Simon and Schuster, inc (ISBN:...)

  