Cold War Rivalry and the Perception of the American West

By Pawel Goral

Book Overview

This book demonstrates how the two adversaries of the Cold War, West Germany and East Germany, endeavored to create two distinct and unique German identities. In their endeavor to claim legitimacy, the German cinematic representation of the American West became an important cultural weapon of mass dissemination during the Cold War.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349473243
• ISBN13: 9781349473243
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"