The Culture of the Cold War by Stephen J. Whitfield (English) Paperback Book

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His new epilogue is partly a guide for new historians to tackle the complexities of Cold War studies.

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This text examines the impact of the Cold War - and its ending - on American culture and national identity. This edition is updated and extends the analysis from the McCarthyism of the 1950s, including its effects on the intelligentsia, to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and beyond. The author takes an historian's perspective, and reminds the reader that the Cold War is now a thing of the past. The question is posed, "Where do we go from here?"

Author Biography

Stephen J. Whitfield is Max Richter Chair in American Civilization at Brandeis University. He is the author of A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Till and A Critical American: The Politics of Dwight Macdonald

Table of Contents

ForewordAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Politicizing Culture: Suspicious MindsChapter 2. Seeing Red: The StigmaChapter 3. Assenting: The Trend of IdeologyChapter 4. Praying: God Bless AmericaChapter 5. Informing: Many Are CalledChapter 6. Reeling: The Politics of FilmChapter 7. Boxed-In: Television and the PressChapter 8. Dissenting: Pity the LandChapter 9. Thawing: A Substitute for VictoryEpilogueBibliographical EssayIndex

Review

A lively and well-documented account of how the Cold War both produced and was sustained by super-patriotism, intolerance and suspicion, and how these pathologies infected all aspects of American life in the 1950s-entertainment, churches, schools. Older readers will remember and still be amazed; younger ones will find this a readable introduction to a bizarre aspect of the American past. Foreign Affairs, reviewing the first edition

Long Description

''Without the Cold War, what's the point of being an American?'' As if in answer to this poignant question from John Updike's Rabbit at Rest, Stephen Whitfield examines the impact of the Cold War--and its dramatic ending--on American culture in an updated version of his highly acclaimed study. In a new epilogue to this second edition, he extends his analysis from the McCarthyism of the 1950s, including its effects on the American and European intelligensia, to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and beyond. Whitfield treats his subject matter with the eye of a historian, reminding the reader that the Cold War is now a thing of the past. His treatment underscores the importance of the Cold War to our national identity and forces the reader to ask, Where do we go from here? The question is especially crucial for the Cold War historian, Whitfield argues. His new epilogue is partly a guide for new historians to tackle the complexities of Cold War studies.

Review Text

""A lively and well-documented account of how the Cold War both produced and was sustained by super-patriotism, intolerance and suspicion, and how these pathologies infected all aspects of American life in the 1950s'entertainment, churches, schools. Older readers will remember and still be amazed; younger ones will find this a readable introduction to a bizarre aspect of the American past.""

Review Quote

"A lively and well-documented account of how the Cold War both produced and was sustained by super-patriotism, intolerance and suspicion, and how these pathologies infected all aspects of American life in the 1950s -- entertainment, churches, schools. Older readers will remember and still be amazed; younger ones will find this a readable introduction to a bizarre aspect of the American past." -- Foreign Affairs, reviewing the first edition

Details ISBN0801851955 Author Stephen J. Whitfield Short Title CULTURE OF THE COLD WAR 2/E Pages 288 Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0801851955 ISBN-13 9780801851957 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1996 Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Place of Publication Baltimore, MD Country of Publication United States Audience Age 17 Residence MA, US Birth 1942 Replaces 9780801840821 Illustrations No Affiliation Brandeis University DOI 10.1604/9780801851957 NZ Release Date 1996-07-14 US Release Date 1996-07-14 UK Release Date 1996-07-14 Edition Description second edition Series The American Moment Publication Date 1996-07-14 Alternative 9780801851964 DEWEY 973.92 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 1996-04-14 We've got this

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