Rethinking Cold War Culture

Rethinking Cold War Culture
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Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Total Pages : 243
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ISBN-10 : 9781560988953
ISBN-13 : 1560988959
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Rethinking Cold War Culture by : Peter J. Kuznick

This anthology of essays questions many widespread assumptions about the culture of postwar America. Illuminating the origins and development of the many threads that constituted American culture during the Cold War, the contributors challenge the existence of a monolithic culture during the 1950s and thereafter. They demonstrate instead that there was more to American society than conformity, political conservatism, consumerism, and middle-class values. By examining popular culture, politics, economics, gender relations, and civil rights, the contributors contend that, while there was little fundamentally new about American culture in the Cold War era, the Cold War shaped and distorted virtually every aspect of American life. Interacting with long-term historical trends related to demographics, technological change, and economic cycles, four new elements dramatically influenced American politics and culture: the threat of nuclear annihilation, the use of surrogate and covert warfare, the intensification of anticommunist ideology, and the rise of a powerful military-industrial complex. This provocative dialogue by leading historians promises to reshape readers' understanding of America during the Cold War, revealing a complex interplay of historical norms and political influences.

Liberty and Justice for All?

Liberty and Justice for All?
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Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Total Pages : 402
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ISBN-10 : 9781558499133
ISBN-13 : 155849913X
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Liberty and Justice for All? by : Kathleen G. Donohue

A wide-ranging exploration of the culture of American politics in the early decades of the Cold War

Rethinking the Cold War

Rethinking the Cold War
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Publisher : Temple University Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9781439904565
ISBN-13 : 1439904561
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Rethinking the Cold War by : Allen Hunter

A path-breaking collection of essays by cutting-edge authors that reassess the Cold War since the fall of communism.

Rethinking Cold War Culture

Rethinking Cold War Culture
Author :
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Total Pages : 243
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781588344151
ISBN-13 : 1588344150
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Rethinking Cold War Culture by : Peter J. Kuznick

This anthology of essays questions many widespread assumptions about the culture of postwar America. Illuminating the origins and development of the many threads that constituted American culture during the Cold War, the contributors challenge the existence of a monolithic culture during the 1950s and thereafter. They demonstrate instead that there was more to American society than conformity, political conservatism, consumerism, and middle-class values. By examining popular culture, politics, economics, gender relations, and civil rights, the contributors contend that, while there was little fundamentally new about American culture in the Cold War era, the Cold War shaped and distorted virtually every aspect of American life. Interacting with long-term historical trends related to demographics, technological change, and economic cycles, four new elements dramatically influenced American politics and culture: the threat of nuclear annihilation, the use of surrogate and covert warfare, the intensification of anticommunist ideology, and the rise of a powerful military-industrial complex. This provocative dialogue by leading historians promises to reshape readers' understanding of America during the Cold War, revealing a complex interplay of historical norms and political influences.

The Human Factor

The Human Factor
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 513
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ISBN-10 : 9780198748700
ISBN-13 : 0198748701
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis The Human Factor by : Archie Brown

The Human Factor tells the dramatic story about the part played by political leaders - particularly the three very different personalities of Gorbachev, Reagan and Thatcher - in ending the standoff that threatened the future of all humanity

We Now Know

We Now Know
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 456
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015036073214
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis We Now Know by : John Lewis Gaddis

One of America's leading historians offers the first major history of the Cold War. Packed with new information drawn from previously unavailable sources, the book offers major reassessments of Stalin, Mao, Khrushchev, Kennedy, Eisenhower, and Truman.

Rethinking Camelot

Rethinking Camelot
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Publisher : Haymarket Books
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9781608464036
ISBN-13 : 1608464032
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Rethinking Camelot by : Noam Chomsky

Explores JFK’s role in US invasion of Vietnam and a reflects on the political culture that encouraged the Cold War.

Cold War on the Home Front

Cold War on the Home Front
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9780816646913
ISBN-13 : 0816646910
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Cold War on the Home Front by : Greg Castillo

Greg Castillo presents an illustrated history of the persuasive impact of model homes, appliances, and furniture in Cold War propaganda.

American Literature and Culture in an Age of Cold War

American Literature and Culture in an Age of Cold War
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Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9781609381134
ISBN-13 : 1609381130
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis American Literature and Culture in an Age of Cold War by : Steven Belletto

Authors and artists discussed include: Joseph Conrad, Edwin Denby, Joan Didion, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Allen Ginsberg, Frank Berbert, Richard Kim, Norman Mailer, Malcolm X, Alan Nadel, and John Updike,

Breaking Down Bipolarity

Breaking Down Bipolarity
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 470
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9783110655124
ISBN-13 : 3110655128
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Breaking Down Bipolarity by : Martin Previšić

This book is aimed at presenting fresh views, interpretations, and reinterpretations of some already researched issues relating to the Yugoslav foreign policy and international relations up to year 1991. Yugoslavia positioned itself as a communist state that was not under the heel of the Soviet diplomacy and policy and as such was perceived by the West as an acceptable partner and useful tool in counteracting the Soviet influence.