Culture of the Cold War

"A lively and well documented account of how the Cold War both produced and was sustained by super-patriotism, intolerance, and suspicion, and how these pathologies infected all aspects of American life in the 1950s -- entertainment, churches, schools." -- Foreign Affairs

About the author

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

Summary

His new epilogue is partly a guide for new historians to tackle the complexities of Cold War studies.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J Whitfield, Stephen J. Whitfield, Stephen J. (Brandeis University) Whitfield, Whitfield Stephen J.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.1996
• EAN: 9780801851957
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-5195-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: American Moment; The American Moment
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas