Showcasing the great experiment : cultural diplomacy and western visitors to Soviet Union 1921-1941 /

'Showcasing the Great Experiment' provides the most far-reaching account of Soviet methods of cultural diplomacy innovated to influence Western intellectuals and foreign visitors.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	David-Fox, Michael, 1965-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:	Intellectuals > Travel > Soviet Union > History. Visitors, Foreign > Soviet Union > History. Propaganda > Soviet Union. Soviet Union > Foreign public opinion, American. Soviet Union > Relations > Western countries. Western countries > Relations > Soviet Union. Soviet Union > Cultural policy. Soviet Union > Foreign public opinion, European. Soviet Union > History > 1917-1936. Intellectuels > Voyages > URSS > Histoire. Visiteurs étrangers > URSS > Histoire. Propagande > URSS. URSS > Histoire > 1917-1936. Occident > Relations > URSS. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization. Cultural policy Intellectuals > Travel International relations Propaganda Public opinion, American Public opinion, European Visitors, Foreign Soviet Union Western countries Reisender Intellektueller Auswärtige Kulturpolitik Sowjetunion Westliche Welt Diplomatie. Kultur. Besucher. Intellektueller. Sowjetunion. Westliche Welt. 1917 - 1936 Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : Russia and the West in a Soviet key
Cultural diplomacy of a new type
Going West : Soviet cultural operations abroad
The Potemkin village dilemma
Gorky's gulag
Hard-currency foreigners and the campaign mode
Stalin and the fellow-travelers revisited
Going East : friends and enemies
Rise of the Stalinist superiority complex
Epilogue : toward the cultural Cold War.