Dear Unknown Friend - The Remarkable Correspondence Between American and Soviet Women

Informationen zum Autor Alexis Peri is the author of The War Within: Diaries from the Siege of Leningrad, winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize and named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the ten best books on the Soviet home front. She is Associate Professor of History at Boston University. Klappentext Dear Unknown Friend relates the story of US and Soviet pen pals amid the early Cold War. The correspondents, all of them women, approached each other with curiosity and an eye toward coexistence. Their letters-initially tolerated by censors on both sides-revealed the humanity of the enemy and inspired the women to reexamine their own societies. Zusammenfassung Dear Unknown Friend relates the story of US and Soviet pen pals amid the early Cold War. The correspondents, all of them women, approached each other with curiosity and an eye toward coexistence. Their letters—initially tolerated by censors on both sides—revealed the humanity of the enemy and inspired the women to reexamine their own societies.

Product details

• Authors: Alexis Peri
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2024
• EAN: 9780674987586
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98758-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Eastern Europe, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Second World War, Diplomacy, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Gender studies: women and girls, USSR, Soviet Union, c 1945 to c 1990 (the Cold War period), Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Eastern Front, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Cold War, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era