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Propaganda state in crisis : Soviet ideology, indoctrination, and terror under Stalin, 1927-1941 / David Brandenberger.

Author/creator Brandenberger, David
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution, Stanford University ; New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series The Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War
Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War. ^A784522
Contents Introduction: Ideology, propaganda, and mass mobilization -- The propaganda state's first decade -- The search for a usable party history -- Personifying the Soviet "experiment" -- The cult of heroes and heroism -- The pageantry of Soviet patriotism -- The popularity of the official line -- The murder of the usable past -- Mass culture in a time of terror -- Public opinion imperiled -- The ossification of the official line -- Stalinist mass culture on the eve of war -- Conclusion: The propaganda state in crisis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011014928
ISBN9780300155372 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0300155379 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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