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Innocent weapons the Soviet and American politics of childhood in the Cold War

Title
Innocent weapons [electronic resource] : the Soviet and American politics of childhood in the Cold War / Margaret Peacock.
Author
Peacock, Margaret.
Publication
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]

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Description
1 online resource (286 pages)
Series Statement
The new Cold War history
Uniform Title
Innocent weapons (Online)
Alternative Title
Innocent weapons (Online)
Subject
  • Children and politics > Soviet Union > History
  • Children and politics > United States > History > 20th century
  • Children in popular culture > Soviet Union > History
  • Children in popular culture > United States > History > 20th century
  • Cold War > Social aspects > Soviet Union
  • Cold War > Social aspects > United States
  • Cold War > Political aspects > Soviet Union
  • Cold War > Political aspects > United States
  • Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1945-1991
  • United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272) and index.
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Contents
Introduction -- Part I. Building an image, building a consensus -- The contained child on the cusp of a new era -- The "other" child -- Victims, hooligans, and the importance of threat -- Mobilized childhood responds to the threat -- Part II. Revising an ideal : the collapse of an image, the collapse of consensus -- Soviet childhood in film during the thaw -- American childhood and the bomb -- Vietnam and the fall of an image -- Conclusion.
LCCN
2014017084
OCLC
ssj0001264265
Author
Peacock, Margaret.
Title
Innocent weapons [electronic resource] : the Soviet and American politics of childhood in the Cold War / Margaret Peacock.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Series
The new Cold War history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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