Author: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Annual Report - The Wilson Center
Author: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Pages : 376
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Annual Report
Author: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Pages : 554
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Annual Report
Author: Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies
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Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Annual Report
Author: Board for International Broadcasting
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Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Annual Report
Author: United States. Board for International Broadcasting
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Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Pages : 68
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Annual Report of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe for the Period Covering ...
Author: United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Category : Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Category : Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ended
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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The Geopolitics of Culture
Author: John Van Oudenaren
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501775782
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
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Through the lens of James Billington and the institution he led as Librarian of Congress during a key period of US-Russian relations, The Geopolitics of Culture examines culture as a neglected area of US foreign policy. Billington advised presidents and members of Congress and mobilized the resources of the Library of Congress to promote reform in Russia. He believed that rather than preaching to the Russians, the United States should expose the rising generation of Russian leaders to what was best in America and encourage them to rediscover positive elements in pre-Bolshevik Russian culture. The Geopolitics of Culture is the first book to chronicle Billington's influence on US engagement with Russia as it transitioned from communism to democracy under Gorbachev and Yeltsin and back to authoritarianism under Yeltsin and Putin. Drawing on published and archival sources (including recently released papers) and interviews with current and retired Library of Congress staff members, John Van Oudenaren casts new light on this era. Billington's efforts led to a remarkable degree of cooperation between the Library of Congress and Russian cultural and political institutions. Yet these efforts ultimately failed as Putin turned back toward authoritarianism. The experience of the Library of Congress during this period nonetheless holds important lessons for today. Billington believed that a transition to democracy in Russia was essential if the United States was to head off the geopolitical nightmare of a Eurasia dominated by an alliance of hostile authoritarian powers. The "geopolitics of culture" thus remains a challenge for US foreign policy.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501775782
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
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Through the lens of James Billington and the institution he led as Librarian of Congress during a key period of US-Russian relations, The Geopolitics of Culture examines culture as a neglected area of US foreign policy. Billington advised presidents and members of Congress and mobilized the resources of the Library of Congress to promote reform in Russia. He believed that rather than preaching to the Russians, the United States should expose the rising generation of Russian leaders to what was best in America and encourage them to rediscover positive elements in pre-Bolshevik Russian culture. The Geopolitics of Culture is the first book to chronicle Billington's influence on US engagement with Russia as it transitioned from communism to democracy under Gorbachev and Yeltsin and back to authoritarianism under Yeltsin and Putin. Drawing on published and archival sources (including recently released papers) and interviews with current and retired Library of Congress staff members, John Van Oudenaren casts new light on this era. Billington's efforts led to a remarkable degree of cooperation between the Library of Congress and Russian cultural and political institutions. Yet these efforts ultimately failed as Putin turned back toward authoritarianism. The experience of the Library of Congress during this period nonetheless holds important lessons for today. Billington believed that a transition to democracy in Russia was essential if the United States was to head off the geopolitical nightmare of a Eurasia dominated by an alliance of hostile authoritarian powers. The "geopolitics of culture" thus remains a challenge for US foreign policy.
Know Your Enemy
Author: David C. Engerman
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195324862
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
"As World War II Ended, few Americans in government or academia knew much about the Soviet Union. It was, as Winston Churchill had famously noted, "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." To address this dangerous gap in knowledge, as David C. Engerman shows in this book, a network of scholars, soldiers, spies, and philanthropists created an enterprise known as Soviet Studies." "Bringing together iconoclasts, geniuses, lone wolves, and careerists to analyze an entire nation and its ruling ideas, Soviet Studies attracted great minds from the left, right, and center. Among them are controversial individuals ranging from George Kennan to Margaret Mead to Zbigniew Brzezinski, not to mention historians Sheila Fitzpatrick and Richard Pipes.Together they created the knowledge that helped fight the Cold War and define Cold War thought. Ranging from the end of World War II to the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Know Your Enemy shows that Soviet Studies became a vibrant intellectual enterprise, studying not just the Soviet threat, but Soviet society and culture, as well as Russian history and literature." --Book Jacket.
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195324862
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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"As World War II Ended, few Americans in government or academia knew much about the Soviet Union. It was, as Winston Churchill had famously noted, "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." To address this dangerous gap in knowledge, as David C. Engerman shows in this book, a network of scholars, soldiers, spies, and philanthropists created an enterprise known as Soviet Studies." "Bringing together iconoclasts, geniuses, lone wolves, and careerists to analyze an entire nation and its ruling ideas, Soviet Studies attracted great minds from the left, right, and center. Among them are controversial individuals ranging from George Kennan to Margaret Mead to Zbigniew Brzezinski, not to mention historians Sheila Fitzpatrick and Richard Pipes.Together they created the knowledge that helped fight the Cold War and define Cold War thought. Ranging from the end of World War II to the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Know Your Enemy shows that Soviet Studies became a vibrant intellectual enterprise, studying not just the Soviet threat, but Soviet society and culture, as well as Russian history and literature." --Book Jacket.
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations For 2010, Part 3, 111-1 Hearings
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Languages : en
Pages : 736
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Pages : 736
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