The Propaganda of Freedom: Jfk, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and the Cultural Cold War

by Joseph Horowitz

Eloquently extolled by President John F. Kennedy, the idea that only artists in free societies can produce great art became a bedrock assumption of the Cold War. That this conviction defied centuries of historical evidence--to say nothing of achievements within the Soviet Union--failed to impact impregnable cultural Cold War doctrine.

Joseph Horowitz writes: "That so many fine minds could have cheapened freedom by over-praising it, turning it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252045270
• ISBN13: 9780252045271
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"