The Culture of the Cold War
Stephen J. Whitfield(Author)
Johns Hopkins University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 14. July 1996
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-8018-5196-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text examines the impact of the Cold War - and its ending - on American culture and national identity. This edition is updated and extends the analysis from the McCarthyism of the 1950s, including its effects on the intelligentsia, to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and beyond. The author takes an historian's perspective, and reminds the reader that the Cold War is now a thing of the past. The question is posed, "Where do we go from here?"
Reviews / Votes
"'The Culture of the Cold War', by Stephen J. Whitfield of Brandies University, is a valuable contribution to the preservation of historical memory. Granting that Communism --particularly in its Stalinist guise --was a dangerous and sinister force in the world, Whitfield argues that the domestic threat was 'wildly overestimated,' and that this gross distortion produced a culture that seems, in retrospect, unbelievably conformist and enervated."--Paul Boyer, 'The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' "In short, those among us who remain preoccupied with the history of the Cold War cannot afford to miss this book."--'Journal of Peace Research' "Part of the pleasure of this text comes from the skill with which Whitfield articulates and dramatizes the contradictions produced by the encounter of anti-Communist and suspected subversive."--Joel Foreman, 'American Quarterly'More details
Series
Edition
second edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-5196-4 (9780801851964)
DOI
10.56021/9780801851964
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Stephen J. Whitfield is Max Richter Chair in American Civilization at Brandeis University. He is the author of 'A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Till' and 'A Critical American: The Politics of Dwight Macdonald'
Content
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Politicizing Culture: Suspicious Minds
Chapter 2. Seeing Red: The Stigma
Chapter 3. Assenting: The Trend of Ideology
Chapter 4. Praying: God Bless America
Chapter 5. Informing: Many Are Called
Chapter 6. Reeling: The Politics of Film
Chapter 7. Boxed-In: Television and the Press
Chapter 8. Dissenting: Pity the Land
Chapter 9. Thawing: A Substitute for Victory
Epilogue
Bibliographical Essay
Index
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Politicizing Culture: Suspicious Minds
Chapter 2. Seeing Red: The Stigma
Chapter 3. Assenting: The Trend of Ideology
Chapter 4. Praying: God Bless America
Chapter 5. Informing: Many Are Called
Chapter 6. Reeling: The Politics of Film
Chapter 7. Boxed-In: Television and the Press
Chapter 8. Dissenting: Pity the Land
Chapter 9. Thawing: A Substitute for Victory
Epilogue
Bibliographical Essay
Index