Cold War crossings international travel and exchange across the Soviet bloc, 1940s-1960s / edited by Patryk Babiracki and Kenyon Zimmer ; introduction by Vladislav Zubok ; contributors: Michael David-Fox, Patryk Babiracki, Nick Rutter, Elidor Mëhilli, Constantin Katsakioris, Marsha Siefert.

Other author Babiracki, Patryk, 1978-
Other author Zimmer, Kenyon, 1980-
Other author David-Fox, Michael, 1965-
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoCollege Station : Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press, [2014]
Description224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Exchange of persons programs, Soviet--History.
Soviet Union--Relations.
Communist countries--Relations.

SeriesWalter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ; number forty-five
Contents The Iron Curtain as semipermeable membrane: origins and demise of the Stalinist superiority complex / Michael David-Fox -- The taste of red watermelon: Polish peasants visit Soviet collective farms, 1949-1952 / Patryk Babiracki -- The Western wall: the Iron Curtain recast in midsummer 1951 / Nick Rutter -- Socialist encounters: Albania and the transnational Eastern Bloc in the 1950s / Elidor Mëhilli -- The Soviet-South encounter: tensions in the friendship with Afro-Asian partners, 1945-1965 / Constantin Katsakioris -- Meeting at a far meridian: American-Soviet cultural diplomacy on film in the early Cold War / Marsha Siefert.
General noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013040307
ISBN9781623490300 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781623490300 (cloth : alk. paper)

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