An effort by the government to communicate almost face-to-face with …

An effort by the government to communicate almost face-to-face with as many of its citizens as possible, and to make its case for voluntary sacrifices, rather than simply confiscate the needed money through taxes. A gargantuan feat of popular democracy, the likes of which have since vanished from the culture. James Bradley
On the War Bond efforts of World War II (Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley, 2000)