The Cold War in Universities

U.S. and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy, 1945-1990
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-47177-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: New Perspectives on the Cold War

In Cold War in Universities: U.S. and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy, 1945–1990 Natalia Tsvetkova recounts how the United States and the Soviet Union aspired to transform overseas academic institutions according to their political aims during the Cold War.

The book depicts how U.S. and Soviet attempts to impose certain values, disciplines, teaching models, structures, statutes, and personnel at universities in divided Germany, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, both Vietnams, and Cuba as well as Guatemala were foiled by sabotage, ignorance, and resistance on the part of the local academic elite, particularly professors.

Often at odds with local academic communities, U.S. and Soviet university policies endured unexpected frustrations as their efforts toward Americanization and Sovietization faced developmental setbacks, grassroots resistance, and even political fear.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tsvetkova, Natalia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Ost-West Beziehungen

Über Autor(innen)

Natalia Tsvetkova is Professor of History and Head of the American Studies Department at St. Petersburg State University, Russia. She writes about cultural Cold War, cultural diplomacy and extensively about current public and digital diplomacy.