Upstaging the Cold War: American Dissent and Cultural Diplomacy, 1940-1960

by Andrew J. Falk

Book Overview

Traditional interpretations of the 1950s have emphasized how American anti-communists deployed censorship and the blacklist to silence dissent, particularly in the realm of foreign policy. Yet those efforts at repression did not always succeed. Throughout the early years of the Cold War, a significant number of writers and performers continued to express controversial views about international relations in Hollywood films, through the new medium of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558499032
• ISBN13: 9781558499034
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"