Soviet Cultural Diplomacy since Stalin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10480584 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick C Barghoorn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1958 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41-41 |
| Publication date | 1958-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Russian Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-0341 • E-ISSN: 1467-9434 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/125724 |
| OpenAlex | W2329973589 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
ITH the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States and the rise to power in the Soviet Union of Nikita S. Khrushchev a new phase began in the East-West struggle for control of vital political symbols. By far the most important of these symbols was peace. With every advance in the development of death-dealing weapons, Moscow, London, and Washington redoubled their efforts to demonstrate the peacefulness of their intentions. Tourist travel, exchanges of scientific and artistic personnel and other cultural contacts were employed in this effort by both sides, although Washington's response to the challenge was probably somewhat sluggish in comparison with that of the Kremlin. Britain established a Soviet Relations Committee within the British Council in an effort to keep cultural exchange from becoming a monopoly of pro-Soviet groups such as the Anglo-Soviet Friendship Society. The United States set up an East-West Contacts Staff in the Department of State. The Soviet Union expanded the activities of Intourist and VOKS and in 1957 established a new State Committee for cultural exchange, primarily to control the activities of foreign journalists. On neither side was cultural exchange regarded as merely a propaganda or even as simply a political activity. On the Soviet side, a redoubled effort was made to discover, assemble, and study foreign scientific, engineering, and administrative techniques and to assimilate into the Soviet economy whatever would be useful to the state. President Eisenhower was obvious
Ancient history · Diplomacy · Political science · Politics · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2020 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |