Cold War Rivalry and the Perception of the American West

Cold War Rivalry and the Perception of the American West PDF Author: P. Goral
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137364300
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 197

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Book Description
This book demonstrates how the two adversaries of the Cold War, West Germany and East Germany, endeavored to create two distinct and unique German identities. In their endeavor to claim legitimacy, the German cinematic representation of the American West became an important cultural weapon of mass dissemination during the Cold War.