Performing Peace and Friendship The World Youth Festivals and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy

Through a case-study of the World Youth Festival, the book provides new insights into the Soviet role in the cultural Cold War and offers an explanation why the USSR failed in the cultural battle against the USA and the capitalist system. With a detailed analysis of grass-roots interaction, it re-ev...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2022
Series:Rethinking the Cold War
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