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Review: The Politics of Cold War CultureReviewed Works: British Theatre and the Red Peril: The Portrayal of Communism 1917–1945 by Steve Nicholson, Christopher Mayhew, Paul Lashmar, James Oliver, Frances Stonor Saunders, Scott Lucas, Richard M. Fried, James Chapman; A War of Words: A Cold War Witness by MayhewChristopher; Britain’s Secret Propaganda War 1948–1977 by LashmarPaul, OliverJames; Who Paid the Piper? The CIA and the Cultural Cold War by SaundersFrances Stonor; Freedom’s War: The U.S. Crusade Against the Soviet Union 1945–56 by LucasScott; The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Pageantry and Patriotism in Cold-War America by FriedRichard M.; Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films by ChapmanJames
Review by: Tony Shaw
Journal of Cold War Studies
Vol. 3, No. 3 (Fall 2001)
, pp. 59-76 (18 pages)
Published By: The MIT Press
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Abstract
This article examines the relationship between politics and culture in Great Britain and the United States during the Cold War, with particular emphasis on the period from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. The article critically examines several recent books on British and American ColdWar cultural activ ities, both domestic and external. The review covers theatrical, cinematic, literary, and broadcast propaganda and analyzes the complex network of links between governments and private groups in commerce, education, labor markets, and the mass entertainment media. It points out the fundamental differences between Western countries and the Soviet bloc and provides a warning to those inclined to view Western culture solely through a Cold War prism.
Journal Information
The Journal of Cold War Studies features peer-reviewed articles based on archival research in the former Communist world, in Western countries, and in other parts of the globe. Articles in the journal draw on declassified materials and new memoirs to illuminate and raise questions about numerous historical and theoretical concerns: theories of decision-making, deterrence, bureaucratic politics, institutional formation, bargaining, diplomacy, foreign policy conduct, and international relations. Using the latest evidence, the authors subject these theories, and others, to rigorous empirical analysis. The journal also includes an extensive section of reviews of new books pertaining to the Cold War and international politics. The journal is published by the MIT Press for the Harvard Project on Cold War Studies.
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