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This book asks the reader to reassess the Cold War not just as superpower conflict and high diplomacy, but as social and cultural history.

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'Historical science would do well to emphasize the status of ther east-West conflict as a struggle for cultural meaning - as a 'war of intellects'. This book helps that process.'

Jost Dulffer



Table of Contents
1. East is East and West is West?: Towards a comparative sociocultural history of the Cold War 2. The Man Who Invented Truth: The tenure of Edward R. Murrow as director of the United States Information Agency during the Kennedy years 3. Soviet Cinema in the Early Cold War 4. Future Perfect?: Communist science fiction in the Cold War 5. The Education of Dissent: Radio free Europe and Hungarian society, 1951-56 6. The Debate over Nuclear Refuge 7. Some Writers Are More Equal Than Others: George Orwell, the state and Cold War propaganda

Across the Blocs Exploring Comparative Cold War Cultural and Social History Cold War History

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 2/19/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780714684642
      978-0714684642
      ISBN-10 0714684643
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      Warfare and defence

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book asks the reader to reassess the Cold War not just as superpower conflict and high diplomacy, but as social and cultural history.

      Trade Review

      'Historical science would do well to emphasize the status of ther east-West conflict as a struggle for cultural meaning - as a 'war of intellects'. This book helps that process.'

      Jost Dulffer



      Table of Contents
      1. East is East and West is West?: Towards a comparative sociocultural history of the Cold War 2. The Man Who Invented Truth: The tenure of Edward R. Murrow as director of the United States Information Agency during the Kennedy years 3. Soviet Cinema in the Early Cold War 4. Future Perfect?: Communist science fiction in the Cold War 5. The Education of Dissent: Radio free Europe and Hungarian society, 1951-56 6. The Debate over Nuclear Refuge 7. Some Writers Are More Equal Than Others: George Orwell, the state and Cold War propaganda

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