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100 1 $aHixson, Walter L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88152388
245 10 $aParting the curtain :$bpropaganda, culture, and the Cold War, 1945-1961 /$cWalter L. Hixson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c1997.
300 $axvi, 283 pages :$billustrations, portrait ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 235-277) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Cultural Infiltration and the Cold War --$tA Campaign of Truth: The Rebirth of Psychological Warfare --$tReviving the Voice: The Radio Cold War Begins --$tLiberation Denied: The Twilight of Psychological Warfare --$tFrom Revolution to Evolution: The Thaw in East-West Cultural Relations --$t"People's Capitalism:" USIA, Race Relations, and Cultural Infiltration --$tFrom the Summit to the Model Kitchen: The Cultural Agreement and the Moscow Fair --$tSix Weeks at Sokolniki: Soviet Responses to the American Exhibition --$tConclusions: Militarization, Cultural Infiltration, and the Cold War.
520 $aParting the Curtain reveals the key roles played by programs that gave Soviets and Eastern Europeans a glimpse of the good life that could be lived in a democracy. The sweet taste of soda pop, the soft purring of a car engine, and the alluring low cut bodice of an evening gown became just as powerful as guns and troops in the eventual parting of the Iron Curtain at the end of the Eisenhower years. Walter Hixson provides a fascinating analysis of the breakthrough 1958 U.S.-Soviet cultural agreement, as well as a comprehensive, multiarchival history of the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow. In focusing on American propaganda and cultural infiltration of the Soviet empire in these years, Parting the Curtain emerges as a study of U.S.
520 8 $aCold War diplomacy as well as a chronicle of the clash of cultures that took place during this period.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRelations$zEurope, Eastern.
651 0 $aEurope, Eastern$xRelations$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPropaganda, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85107444
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
650 0 $aCold War.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005637
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650 7 $aInternational relations.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00977053
650 7 $aPropaganda, American.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01078968
650 7 $aDiplomatic relations.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01907412
651 7 $aEastern Europe.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01245079
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
648 7 $a1945 - 1989$2fast
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/95052253-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/95052253-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/95052253-d.html
852 00 $bbar$hDJK45.U5$iH59 1996
852 00 $bbar$hDJK45.U5$iH59 1997