This propaganda map was created by Krauss in August 1961 for the American publication Sunday News.
This work appears in the context of the Cold War and aims to show the advance of the Soviet Union. The different colours denote how Soviet influence grew from the beginning of the Second World War until the year of publication:
- The territory that belonged to the Soviet Union before 1939 is shown in red.
- Acquisitions as part of the Second World War are shown in orange.
- In pink, the countries that, according to the author, were controlled by communism.
The illustration also includes a world map in the lower right-hand corner, on which the various medium- and long-range missile bases on Soviet soil are marked in black. In addition, what the author considers to be the Soviet Union's main targets are marked with red stars: Cuba, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Africa and South America.
The page is completed with a text in the upper right-hand corner in which he calls the Soviet Union hypocritical for having criticised the imperialism of Western countries for years, but now engaging in the same practices.
The publication is generous in magnifying Soviet influence in the world in order to reinforce fear of the communist threat. It treats all communist countries as if they were under the command of the Soviet Union, even though only some of them were effectively part of the Warsaw Pact. Countries such as Yugoslavia were already considered non-aligned in 1961, and others such as China were already on their way to breaking away from Soviet influence.
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