Western intellectuals and the Soviet Union, 1920-40 : from Red Square to the Left Bank / Ludmila Stern.

Author/Creator:

Stern, Ludmila.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Series:

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; 31

Format/Description:

Book
269 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Communism and intellectuals -- History -- 20th century.
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936 -- Foreign public opinion.
Intellectuals -- Attitudes -- History -- 20th century.
Communism -- History -- 20th century.
Intellectuals -- Europe, Western.
Intellectuals -- United States.

Contents:

The Soviet myth and Western intellectuals : from attraction to action
Comintern : the origins of Soviet cultural propoganda
MORP : propoganda through coercion
MORP : the closing years
Laying the foundations of relations with Western intellectuals : VOKS in the 1920s
Manufacturing support : VOKS in the 1930s
VOKS and the 'famous foreigners'
The bond of friendship : Foreign Commission of the Soviet Writers' Union and French writers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-257) and index.

ISBN:

0415360056 (hbk)
0203008146 (ebk)

OCLC:

65978544

Publisher Number:

9780415360050
9780203008140

Online:

Table of contents only
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006011021.html

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