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Cold War correspondents : Soviet and American reporters on the ideological frontlines

Title
Cold War correspondents : Soviet and American reporters on the ideological frontlines / Dina Fainberg.
Author
Fainberg, Dina
Publication
  • Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
  • ©2020

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Description
viii, 359 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"Fainberg examines how American and Soviet journalists covered the Cold War and interacted with one another during a tense period of relative peace. Foreign correspondents on both sides were keen observers who aspired to understand their host country and interpret it for their home country. They were, however, influenced by their own cultural background, and their representations of the rival superpower were refracted through those cultural values"--
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Foreign correspondents > United States > History > 20th century
  • Foreign correspondents > Soviet Union > History
  • Foreign news > United States > History > 20th century
  • Foreign news > Soviet Union > History
  • Cold War > Press coverage > United States
  • Cold War > Press coverage > Soviet Union
  • Foreign correspondents
  • Foreign news
  • Politics and government > Press coverage
  • Public opinion, American
  • Public opinion, Soviet
  • United States > Foreign public opinion, Soviet
  • Soviet Union > Foreign public opinion, American
  • United States > Politics and government > Press coverage. > 1945-1989
  • Soviet Union > Politics and government > Press coverage. > 1945-1991
  • Soviet Union
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Battle of words -- Making "Soviet Restons" -- The heralds of truth -- Overtake America -- In Sputnik's shadow -- Notes from the rotten West -- Reports from the backward East -- Cold War correspondents confront old and new thinking -- Conclusion: Us and them.
Call Number
JFE 21-4686
ISBN
  • 9781421438443
  • 1421438445
LCCN
  • 2019045848
  • 40030364562
OCLC
1140676229
Author
Fainberg, Dina, author.
Title
Cold War correspondents : Soviet and American reporters on the ideological frontlines / Dina Fainberg.
Publisher
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Other Standard Identifier
40030364562
Research Call Number
JFE 21-4686
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