The Culture of the Cold War

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"'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'