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Western Intellectuals and the Soviet Union, 1920-40

Ludmila Stern
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      Despite the appalling record of the Soviet Union on human rights questions, many western intellectuals with otherwise impeccable liberal credentials were strong supporters the Soviet Union in the interwar period. This book explores how this seemingly impossible situation came about. Focusing in particular on the work of various official and semi-official bodies, including Comintern, the International Association of Revolutionary Writers, the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, and the Foreign Commission of the Soviet Writers' Union, this book shows how cultural propaganda was always a high priority for the Soviet Union, and how successful this cultural propaganda was in seducing so many Western thinkers.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Ludmila Stern EAN: 9780415360050 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 690 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2006-10-16 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Russia, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1940 to c 1949, Human rights, civil rights

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      Ludmila Stern is Senior Lecturer in the School of Modern Language Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia, where she coordinates Russian Studies, and Interpreting and Translation Studies. She has published on VOKS and French intellectuals, and her other research interests include courtroom interpreting (Australian War Crimes Prosecutions and ICTY).
      Despite the appalling record of the Soviet Union on human rights questions, many western intellectuals with otherwise impeccable liberal credentials were strong supporters the Soviet Union in the interwar period. This book explores how this seemingly impossible situation came about. Focusing in particular on the work of various official and semi-official bodies, including Comintern, the International Association of Revolutionary Writers, the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, and the Foreign Commission of the Soviet Writers' Union, this book shows how cultural propaganda was always a high priority for the Soviet Union, and how successful this cultural propaganda was in seducing so many Western thinkers.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Ludmila Stern EAN: 9780415360050 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 690 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2006-10-16 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Russia, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1940 to c 1949, Human rights, civil rights

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      Ludmila Stern is Senior Lecturer in the School of Modern Language Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia, where she coordinates Russian Studies, and Interpreting and Translation Studies. She has published on VOKS and French intellectuals, and her other research interests include courtroom interpreting (Australian War Crimes Prosecutions and ICTY).

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