The Dancer Defects: The Struggle for Cultural Supremacy During the Cold War

by David Caute

Book Overview

The cultural Cold War between the Soviet Union and the West was without precedent. At the outset of this original and wide-ranging historical survey, David Caute establishes the nature of the extraordinary cultural competition set up post-1945 between Moscow, New York, London and Paris, with the most intimate frontier war staged in the city of Berlin. Using sources in four languages, Caute explores the cultural Cold War as it rapidly penetrated theatre,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199249083
• ISBN13: 9780199249084
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 788 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 9.3" x 6.2"