Cultural Exchange & the Cold War: Raising the Iron Curtain

by Yale Richmond

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271023023
• ISBN13: 9780271023021
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"