Parting the Curtain: Propaganda, Culture, and the Cold War / Edition 1

by Walter L. Hixson

Overview

A chronicle of the high heels and convertibles campaign the U.S. used in an attempt to bring down communism. In the late 1950s, American policymakers worked to destabilize Soviet and East European communist regimes by psychological warfare and cultural infiltration that showed people under communism "the good life" they could live in a Western democracy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900312176807
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	01/11/1998
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	283
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

WALTER L. HIXSON is Professor of History at the University of Akron.

Table of Contents

Introduction A Propaganda Strategy for the Cold War Reviving the Voice Liberation Propaganda Liberation Denied A Breakthrough in East-West Exchange To the Kitchen Debate The Soviets and Sokolniki Conclusions