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Soviet soft power in Poland : culture and the making of Stalin's new empire, 1943-1957 / Patryk Babiracki.

"Concentrating on the formative years of the Cold War from 1943 to 1957, Patryk Babiracki reveals little-known Soviet efforts to build a postwar East European empire through culture. Babiracki argues that the Soviets involved in foreign cultural outreach used 'soft power' in order to...

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Main Author: Babiracki, Patryk, 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Series:New Cold War history.
Subjects:
Soviet Union > Relations > Poland.
Poland > Relations > Soviet Union.
Propaganda, Soviet > Poland > History.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > 1945-1991.
Soviet Union > Cultural policy.
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
Power (Social sciences) > History > 20th century.
Cultural policy.
Diplomatic relations.
Imperialism.
International relations.
Power (Social sciences)
Propaganda, Soviet.
Poland.
Soviet Union.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • From Sel'tsy to Siedlce
  • Postwar hopes and promises
  • Soft power on the sidelines
  • Unlikely heroes
  • Soviet soft power and the Polish thaw
  • Epilogue: The old and the new
  • Conclusion: Trapped in history
  • Appendix: Tables and charts.

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