Cultural Exchange and the Cold War
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Cultural Exchange and the Cold War

Raising the Iron Curtain

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Cultural Exchange and the Cold War

Raising the Iron Curtain

About this book

Some fifty thousand Soviets visited the United States under various exchange programs between 1958 and 1988. They came as scholars and students, scientists and engineers, writers and journalists, government and party officials, musicians, dancers, and athletes—and among them were more than a few KGB officers. They came, they saw, they were conquered, and the Soviet Union would never again be the same. Cultural Exchange and the Cold War describes how these exchange programs (which brought an even larger number of Americans to the Soviet Union) raised the Iron Curtain and fostered changes that prepared the way for Gorbachev's glasnost, perestroika, and the end of the Cold War.

This study is based upon interviews with Russian and American participants as well as the personal experiences of the author and others who were involved in or administered such exchanges. Cultural Exchange and the Cold War demonstrates that the best policy to pursue with countries we disagree with is not isolation but engagement.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Contents
  4. Abbreviations and Acronyms
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Russia and the West
  8. 2 The Moscow Youth Festival
  9. 3 The Cultural Agreement
  10. 4 Scholarly Exchanges
  11. 5 Science and Technology
  12. 6 Humanities and Social Sciences
  13. 7 Moscow Think Tanks
  14. 8 Forums Across Oceans
  15. 9 Other NGO Exchanges
  16. 10 Performing Arts
  17. 11 Moved by the Movies
  18. 12 Exhibitions—Seeing is Believing
  19. 13 Hot Books in the Cold War
  20. 14 The Pen Is Mightier . . .
  21. 15 Journalists and Diplomats
  22. 16 Fathers and Sons
  23. 17 The Search for a Normal Society
  24. 18 “Western Voices”
  25. 19 To Helsinki and Beyond
  26. 20 Mikhail Gorbachev, International Traveler
  27. 21 And Those Who Could Not Travel
  28. 22 The Polish Connection
  29. 23 The Beatles Did It
  30. 24 Obmen or Obman?
  31. 25 The Future
  32. Afterword
  33. Selected Bibliography
  34. Index
  35. Back Cover