ISBN:
9781469623085
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (pages cm)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
The New Cold War history
Series Statement:
The New Cold War History Ser
Series Statement:
New Cold War History Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Soviet Soft Power in Poland : Culture and the Making of Stalin's New Empire, 1943-1957
DDC:
303.48/243804709045
Keywords:
Propaganda, Soviet History
;
Imperialism History 20th century
;
Power (Social sciences) History 20th century
;
Propaganda, Soviet -- Poland -- History
;
Imperialism -- History -- 20th century
;
Power (Social sciences) -- History -- 20th century
;
Soviet Union -- Relations -- Poland
;
Poland -- Relations -- Soviet Union
;
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1991
;
Soviet Union -- Cultural policy
;
Imperialism ; History ; 20th century
;
Poland ; Relations ; Soviet Union
;
Power (Social sciences) ; History ; 20th century
;
Propaganda, Soviet ; Poland ; History
;
Soviet Union ; Cultural policy
;
Soviet Union ; Foreign relations ; 1945-1991
;
Soviet Union ; Relations ; Poland
;
Electronic books
;
Poland Relations
;
Soviet Union Relations
;
Soviet Union Cultural policy
;
Soviet Union Foreign relations 1945-1991
Abstract:
"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 galvanize broad support for the postwar order in the emerging Soviet bloc. Populated with compelling characters ranging from artists, writers, journalists, and scientists to party and government functionaries, this work illuminates the behind-the-scenes schemes of the Stalinist international propaganda machine. Based on exhaustive research in Russian and Polish archives, Babiracki's study is the first in any language to examine the two-way interactions between Soviet and Polish propagandists and to evaluate their attempts at cultural cooperation. Babiracki shows that the Stalinist system ultimately undermined Soviet efforts to secure popular legitimacy abroad through persuasive propaganda. He also highlights the limitations and contradictions of Soviet international cultural outreach, which help explain why the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe crumbled so easily after less than a half-century of existence"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
From Sel'tsy to SiedlcePostwar 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
