A test of the mirror-image hypothesis
Kennedy and Khrushchev
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284687 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Eckhardt (College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, Des Moines, Iowa1), Ralph K White (George Washington University) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 325-332 |
| Publication date | 1967-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200276701100306 |
| OpenAlex | W2024331826 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 4 |
Many Americans seem to assume that the tone of Communist propaganda is similar to Khrushchev's celebrated statement, We will bury you. This statement has usually been interpreted to reflect the assumed Communist intention to conquer the world by force of arms. In this context it has been interpreted to mean, We will kill you and then bury you. However, in its own context the statement could be better interpreted as meaning: We will outlast you and be present at your funeral when you die a natural death. In other words, it would seem that Khrushchev was simply boasting, in accordance with classical Communist theory, that socialism would outlast capitalism in the process of social evolution. As opposed to the interpretation of Communist propaganda emphasizing offensive uses of military methods to achieve Communist purposes, Bronfenbrenner (1961) has suggested that the Cold War attitudes of Russians are very similar to those of Americans. As a result of many conversations with Russian people in the Soviet Union, Bronfenbrenner came to the conclusion that the Russians' distorted picture of
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2011 (43) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |