The author says that his book is “a more detailed look at a special time of crisis for both the studio and America. This study, then, is a record of the Disney Studio during World War II, an attempt to explain why and how the films of this period were made.” Shale discusses the “process of animation, the historical development of the animated film, and the major contributions and achievements of the Disney studio in this field.” He also talks about government films and “how Disney acquired his first military contracts and how the studio departments adjusted to the shift from entertainment values to teaching values.” The author also focuses on a few films made by Disney including Victory Through Air Power, The Gremlins, and The Three Caballeros. In the end, he investigates the character of Donald Duck who he claims “was known worldwide, and his fighting spirit made him more than appropriate as a symbol of America’s role in global affairs.”
    This source provides a significant amount of information regarding the history of how the Disney Company became involved with World War II propaganda films. It is essential to look at these facts carefully to provide a context for my thesis. Also, this book is important because it provides specific examples of propaganda cartoons made by the Disney Company. By examining these films closely, one can see how audiences may have been affected.  

[Chopra-Gant, Mike. . Hollywood genres and postwar America : masculinity, family and nation in popular movies and film noir / Mike Chopra-Gant. 1850438153 (hbk.) series London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.  Call#: Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.U65 C495 2006]

Gant, Mike Chopra. Hollywood Genres and Postwar America: Masculinity, Family, and Nation in Popular Movies and Film Noir. New York: Palgrave Macmillan,
 2006.

Focus is mainly on which films were popular from 1945-1949 and analyzes the themes expressed
within these movies. However, undercurrents of many of the themes in "The Philadelphia Story"
are covered within Gant's chapters:
    Ch. Two: Re-invigorating the nation: popular films and American national identity
        "The myth of classlessness"-- gives many examples from "The Best Years of
        our Lives" that veterans who came home received issues of class to be resolved
        which they quickly discovered were not; America was still perceived to be quite classist
        "Modernizing the American hero"
        "The Absent Father"
        "Stars and Performance"