Creating Russophobia : from the Great Religious Schism to anti-Putin hysteria /

"Why do the USA, UK and Europe so hate Russia? How it is that Western antipathy, once thought due to anti-Communism, could be so easily revived over a crisis in distant Ukraine, against a Russia no longer communist? Why does the West accuse Russia of empire-building, when 15 states once part of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mettan, Guy (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Atlanta, GA : Clarity Press, Inc., 2017.
Subjects:	Russia > Foreign public opinion, European > History. Russia > Foreign public opinion, American > History. Soviet Union > Foreign public opinion > History. Russia > Relations > Western countries. Western countries > Relations > Russia. Soviet Union > Relations > Western countries. Western countries > Relations > Soviet Union. Fear > Political aspects > Western countries > History. Public opinion > Western countries > History.

Table of Contents:

FOREWORD: Russophobia or Russomadness?
PART ONE. THE POWER OF PREJUDICE
Understanding Russia
The Pavlovian Russophobic Reflex
Media Blinders on Ukraine
PART TWO. A SHORT HISTORY OF RUSSOPHOBIA
A War of Religion since Charlemagne
French Russophobia and the Myth of Eastern Despotism
English Russophobia : The Obsession with Empire
German Russophobia : From Lebensraum to Historical Amnesia
American Russophobia : The Dictatorship of Freedom
PART THREE. COGNITIVE MANIPULATION
Semantics and Anti-Russian Newspeak
The Myth of the Fierce Bear
Conclusion: Co-existence, Multipolarity, and Peace.