Cold War crossings : international travel and exchange across the Soviet bloc, 1940s-1960s / edited by Patryk Babiracki and Kenyon Zimmer ; introduction by Vladislav Zubok ; contributors: Michael David-Fox, Patryk Babiracki, Nick Rutter, Elidor Mëhilli, Constantin Katsakioris, Marsha Siefert.
"Approaching the early decades of the "Iron Curtain" with new questions and perspectives, this important book examines the political and cultural implications of the communists' international initiatives. Building on recent scholarship and working from new archival sources, the s...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ;
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| Summary: | "Approaching the early decades of the "Iron Curtain" with new questions and perspectives, this important book examines the political and cultural implications of the communists' international initiatives. Building on recent scholarship and working from new archival sources, the seven contributors to this volume study various effects of international outreach -- personal, technological, and cultural -- on the population and politics of the Soviet bloc. Several authors analyze lesser-known complications of East-West exchange; others show the contradictory nature of Moscow's efforts to consolidate its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and in the Third World. An outgrowth of the forty-sixth annual Walter Prescott Webb Lectures, hosted in 2011 by the University of Texas at Arlington, Cold War Crossings features diverse focuses with a unifying theme."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781623491420 (e-book) 1623491428 (e-book) 9781306582339 1306582334 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |