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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
SSSR i Formirovanie Voenno-Blokovogo Protivostroianiia v Evrope (1945-1955 gg.)
[ The USSR and the formation of military block opposition in Europe (1945-1955)]
2nd ed
Moscow: Institut Rossiiskoi Istorii RAN, Giperboreia, Kuchkovo Pole, 2007 592 p Serie: Istoriia XX veka pbk. 14 x 21 cm. ISBN: 9785901679715 Language: Russian
This monograph studies the leading role of the USSR in formation of a military block and political opposition in Europe and the bipolar world in the first decade after WWII (1945-1955). The author analyzes the motivation of the soviet leadership towards military alliances, organizational structures of the blocks, and the complicated relationships within them. Bystrova also compares military and political doctrines of both blocks, analyzes their propaganda campaigns and their effectiveness in mobilizing public opinion on both sides, the correlation between propaganda and diplomacy. One of these soviet propaganda cliche "voina za mir" (war for peace) turned out to be very successful around the world. Supplements. Indices. This book was first published in 2005 in a small printing.
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