Patryk Babiracki: 2 books
Soviet Soft Power in Poland
Culture and the Making of Stalin's New Empire, 1943-1957
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
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...
Cold War Crossings
International Travel and Exchange across the Soviet Bloc, 1940s-1960s
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Approaching the early decades of the “Iron Curtain” with new questions and perspectives, this important book examines the political and cultural implications of the communists’ international initiatives. Building on recent scholarship and working from new archival sources, the seven contributors...