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In the 1950s and 1960s, images of children appeared everywhere, from movies to milk cartons, their smiling faces used to sell everything, including war. In this provocative book, Margaret Peacock offers an original account of how Soviet and American leaders used emotionally charged images of children in an attempt to create popular support for their policies at home and abroad.

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Effectively challenges anthropological portrayals of childhood as strictly culture-bound. . . . Leaves us with a deeply uneasy sense of the political polyvalence of children and childhood-not just during the Cold War, but for our contemporary political moment as well.-Allegra Laboratory

[A] masterful understanding of both US and Soviet politics and policy. . . . A distinct and useful contribution to the understanding of the experiences of children and youth during Cold War America as well as priorities and politics of this significant period.-Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

Riveting.-Journal of American History

A provocative rethinking of the role of ideology in the Cold War.""-The Russian Review

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      Publisher: MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina
      Publication Date: 2/28/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781469633442, 978-1469633442
      ISBN10: 1469633442
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In the 1950s and 1960s, images of children appeared everywhere, from movies to milk cartons, their smiling faces used to sell everything, including war. In this provocative book, Margaret Peacock offers an original account of how Soviet and American leaders used emotionally charged images of children in an attempt to create popular support for their policies at home and abroad.

      Trade Review
      Effectively challenges anthropological portrayals of childhood as strictly culture-bound. . . . Leaves us with a deeply uneasy sense of the political polyvalence of children and childhood-not just during the Cold War, but for our contemporary political moment as well.-Allegra Laboratory

      [A] masterful understanding of both US and Soviet politics and policy. . . . A distinct and useful contribution to the understanding of the experiences of children and youth during Cold War America as well as priorities and politics of this significant period.-Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

      Riveting.-Journal of American History

      A provocative rethinking of the role of ideology in the Cold War.""-The Russian Review

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