Army Bureau of Current Affairs pamphlet 'Electing the President', June 1944

Formed in 1941, the Army Bureau of Current Affairs (ABCA) was set up by the War Office to raise morale and to educate British service personnel about current affairs. Soon considered an integral part of Army training, the programme of activities organised by ABCA, such as lectures, film shows, plays and discussions, aimed to empower soldiers with the weapon of knowledge.

ABCA also produced regular booklets about anything they considered useful and these were the basis of many soldiers' discussions. As well as the progress of the war's various campaigns, the booklets included topics like the 'Beveridge Report' (1942), 'Town Planning' (1942), 'Women at War' (1942), 'The Nations' Health' (1943), 'Social Security' (1943), 'What about our schools?' (1943) and 'Electing the President' (1944).