Soviet Soft Power in Poland: Culture and the Making of Stalin's New Empire, 1943-1957

by Patryk Babiracki

Book Overview

Concentrating on the formative years of the Cold War from 1943 to 1957, Patryk Babiracki reveals little-known Soviet efforts to build a postwar East European empire through culture. Babiracki argues that the Soviets involved in foreign cultural outreach tried to use "soft power" in order to galvanize broad support for the postwar order in the emerging Soviet bloc. Populated with compelling characters ranging from artists, writers, journalists, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469654784
• ISBN13: 9781469654782
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"