Soviet Americana

Author : Sergei Zhuk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786733030

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Soviet Americana by Sergei Zhuk Pdf

The Americanist community played a vital role in the Cold War, as well as in large part directing the cultural consumption of Soviet society and shaping perceptions of the US. To shed light onto this important, yet under-studied, academic community, Sergei Zhuk here explores the personal histories of prominent Soviet Americanists, considering the myriad cultural influences - from John Wayne's bravado in the film Stagecoach to Miles Davis - that shaped their identities, careers and academic interests. Zhuk's compelling account draws on a wide range of understudied archival documents, periodicals, letters and diaries as well as more than 100 exclusive interviews with prominent Americanists to take the reader from the post-war origins of American studies, via the extremes of the Cold War, thaw and perestroika, to Putin's Russia. Soviet Americana is a comprehensive insight into shifting attitudes towards the US throughout the twentieth century and an essential resource for all Soviet and Cold War historians.

Author : Sergeĭ Ivanovich Zhuk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Americanists
ISBN : 1350988111

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Soviet Americana by Sergeĭ Ivanovich Zhuk Pdf

Author : Henry Kissinger,Anatoliĭ Fedorovich Dobrynin
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : PURD:32754075506083

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Soviet-American Relations by Henry Kissinger,Anatoliĭ Fedorovich Dobrynin Pdf

"Russian Federation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, History and Records Department" -- p [vi].

Author : William K. Hartmann
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015021887511

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In the Stream of Stars by William K. Hartmann Pdf

In the Stream of Stars is the first book to bring together rarely seen soviet and American space art. Features essays by Alan Bean, Alexei Leonov, and others, plus introductory essay by Ray Bradbury, and over 200 full-color reproductions. Full-color throughout author's tour.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : MINN:319510021491502

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The American Review on the Soviet Union by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anne Searcy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780190945107

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Ballet in the Cold War by Anne Searcy Pdf

"During the Cold War, the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union developed cultural exchange programs, in which they sent performing artists abroad in order to generate goodwill for their countries. Ballet companies were frequently called on to serve in these programs, particularly in the direct Soviet-American exchange. This book analyzes four of the early ballet exchange tours, demonstrating how this series of encounters changed both geopolitical relations and the history of dance. The ballet tours were enormously popular. Performances functioned as an important symbolic meeting point for Soviet and American officials, creating goodwill and normalizing relations between the two countries in an era when nuclear conflict was a real threat. At the same time, Soviet and American audiences did not understand ballet in the same way. As American companies toured in the Soviet Union and vice-versa, audiences saw the performances through the lens of their own local aesthetics. Ballet in the Cold War introduces the concept of transliteration to understand this process, showing how much power viewers wielded in the exchange and explaining how the dynamics of the Cold War continue to shape ballet today"--

Author : Von Hardesty,Gene Eisman
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781426202094

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Epic Rivalry by Von Hardesty,Gene Eisman Pdf

When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, they personified an almost unimaginable feat—the incredibly complex task of sending humans safely to another celestial body. This extraordinary odyssey, which grew from the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, was galvanized by the Sputnik launch in 1957. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Sputnik, National Geographic recaptures this gripping moment in the human experience with a lively and compelling new account. Written by Smithsonian curator Von Hardesty and researcher Gene Eisman, Epic Rivalry tells the story from both the American and the Russian points of view, and shows how each space-faring nation played a vital role in stimulating the work of the other. Scores of rare, unpublished, and powerful photographs recall the urgency and technical creativity of both nations' efforts. The authors recreate in vivid detail the "parallel universes" of the two space exploration programs, with visionaries Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolev and political leaders John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev at the epicenters. The conflict between countries, and the tense drama of their independent progress, unfolds in vivid prose. Approaching its subject from a uniquely balanced perspective, this important new narrative chronicles the epic race to the moon and back as it has never been told before—and captures the interest of casual browsers and science, space, and history enthusiasts alike.

Author : Robert Francis Byrnes
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015005094696

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Soviet-American Academic Exchanges, 1958-1975 by Robert Francis Byrnes Pdf

Author : Jamil Hasanli
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742570900

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At the Dawn of the Cold War by Jamil Hasanli Pdf

For half a century, the United States and the Soviet Union were in conflict. But how and where did the Cold War begin? Jamil Hasanli answers these intriguing questions in At the Dawn of the Cold War. He argues that the intergenerational crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan (1945–1946) was the first event that brought the Soviet Union to a confrontation with the United States and Britain after the period of cooperation between them during World War II. Based on top-secret archive materials from Soviet and Azerbaijani archives as well as documents from American, British, and Iranian sources, the book details Iranian Azerbaijan's independence movement, which was backed by the USSR, the Soviet struggle for oil in Iran, and the American and British reactions to these events. These events were the starting point of the longer historical period of unarmed conflict between the Soviets and the West that is now known as the Cold War. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the Cold War and international politics following WWII.

Author : Bertrand M. Patenaude
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0804744939

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The Big Show in Bololand by Bertrand M. Patenaude Pdf

The author sheds light on a little-known chapter of U.S.-Soviet relations, using diaries, memoirs, and letters to recall the efforts of nearly 300 relief workers in easing the suffering of Russians during one of the country's worst famines.

Author : Harvey Klehr,John Earl Haynes,Kyrill M. Anderson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300138009

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The Soviet World of American Communism by Harvey Klehr,John Earl Haynes,Kyrill M. Anderson Pdf

The Secret World of American Communism (1995), filled with revelations about Communist party covert operations in the United States, created an international sensation. Now the American authors of that book, along with Soviet archivist Kyrill M. Anderson, offer a second volume of profound social, political, and historical importance. Based on documents newly available from Russian archives, The Soviet World of American Communism conclusively demonstrates the continuous and intimate ties between the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) and Moscow. In a meticulous investigation of the personal, organizational, and financial links between the CPUSA and Soviet Communists, the authors find that Moscow maintained extensive control of the CPUSA, even of the American rank and file. The widely accepted view that the CPUSA was essentially an idealistic organization devoted to the pursuit of social justice must be radically revised, say the authors. Although individuals within the organization may not have been aware of Moscow’s influence, the leaders of the organization most definitely were. The authors explain and annotate ninety-five documents, reproduced here in their entirety or in large part, and they quote from hundreds of others to reveal the actual workings of the American Communist party. They show that: • the USSR covertly provided a large part of the CPUSA budget from the early 1920s to the end of the 1980s; • Moscow issued orders, which the CPUSA obeyed, on issues ranging from what political decisions the American party should make to who should serve in the party leadership; • the CPUSA endorsed Stalin’s purges and the persecution of Americans living in Russia.

Author : Theodore Draper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351532846

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American Communism and Soviet Russia by Theodore Draper Pdf

This companion volume to The Roots of American Communism brings to completion what the author describes as the essence of the relationship of American Communism to Soviet Russia in the fi rst decade after the Bolsheviks seized power. The outpouring of new archive materials makes it plain that Draper's premise is direct and to the point: The communist movement "was transformed from a new expression of American radicalism to the American appendage of a Russian revolutionary power." Each generation must fi nd this out for itself, and no better guide exists than the work of master historian Theodore Draper. American Communism and Soviet Russia is acknowledged to be the classic, authoritative history of the critical formative period of the American Communist Party. Based on confi dential minutes of the top party committees, interviews with party leaders, and public records, this book carefully documents the infl uence of the Soviet Union on the fundamental nature of American Communism. Draper's refl ections on that period in this edition are a fi tting capstone to this pioneering effort. Daniel Bell, in Saturday Review, remarked about this work that "there are surprisingly few scholarly histories of individual Communist parties and even fewer which treat of this crucial decade in intimate detail. Draper's account is therefore of great importance." Arthur M. Schlesinger, in The New York Times Book Review, says that "in reading Draper's closely packed pages, one hardly knows whether to marvel more at the detachment with which he examines the Communist movement, the patience with which he unravels the dreary and intricate struggles for power among the top leaders, or the intelligence with which he analyzes the interplay of factors determining the development of American Communism." And Michael Harrington, in Commonweal, asserted that Draper's book "will long be a defi nitive source volume and analysis of the Stalinization of American Communism."

Author : Andrei Bochkarev,Don L Mansfield
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1992-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4438717

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The United States And The Ussr In A Changing World by Andrei Bochkarev,Don L Mansfield Pdf

This reader brings together both Soviet and US contributions to investigate the range of issues that these two countries must face as the Cold War ends. Within the context of a debate format, readings illustrate areas of co-operation and conflict between the US and the USSR.

Author : Robert M. Slusser
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781421432274

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The Berlin Crisis of 1961 by Robert M. Slusser Pdf

Originally published in 1973. This book uses the Berlin Crisis of 1961 as a starting point to investigate Soviet-American relations in the Kruschev period. The book first chronicles the timeline of the succession of events during the Berlin Crisis and their interrelation. It then turns to the close interaction between Soviet and foreign policy before situating the event into the broader timeline of Soviet history.

Author : Victor Rosenberg
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786419340

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Soviet-American Relations, 1953-1960 by Victor Rosenberg Pdf

Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev presided over a pivotal period in Soviet-American relations. The ongoing Korean War and the lack of an American ambassador in Moscow illustrate the strain in Soviet-American relations at the start of Eisenhower's presidency, but things changed after Stalin died only 44 days later. Stalin's successors began to liberalize both domestic and foreign policy in what became known as the Thaw. There was an increase in diplomatic exchanges, including the first modern summit conferences. Of even greater importance, the Soviet leaders began to reestablish the scientific, cultural, and tourist contacts that had been broken under Stalin. Because political and ideological tensions remained and there were still restrictions on contacts, the Soviet overtures can best be described as a half-offered hand of friendship, and perhaps it was less of a thaw than the end of a blizzard. Nevertheless, these contacts began a process which would help end the Cold War three decades later. This history of relations between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Eisenhower and Khrushchev administrations explores political, social and cultural exchanges, and assesses their impact upon the two countries. Besides diplomatic documents, memoirs from Americans and Soviets, and works of history, it relies upon eyewitness accounts by journalists, tourists and others to paint a detailed picture of the era. Notes are included for each chapter, and there is a bibliography and an index.