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The Cold War was reflected in culture through music, movies, books, television, and other media, as well as sports, social beliefs, and behavior. Major elements of the Cold War included the threat of communist expansion, a nuclear war, and – connected to both – espionage.
The Cultural Cold War was a set of propaganda campaigns waged by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, with each country promoting their own culture, arts, literature, and music. In addition, less overtly, their opposing political choices and ideologies at the expense of the other.
The Cold War (1945–1991) was the continuing state of political conflict, military tension, and economic competition between the Soviet Union and its satellite states, and the powers of the Western world, led by the United States.
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Roman Cieslewicz/David Pollack/Corbis via GettyThe conclusion of World War II brought with it unprecedented economic power for America. It was in this respect ...
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine passed the month mark, and reports emerge that Russia's nuclear forces have been placed on high alert, the culture of the late Cold War has made a swinging comeback ...
In the cultural history of the United States during the Cold War, domestic containment was the notion that women's main role is in the home, while men work to provide for the family in order to keep a stable home environment and uphold "good American values.” [1] Domestic containment emphasised family values and stability in periods of ...
Late Modernism: Art, Culture, and Politics in Cold War America is a 2010 intellectual history book by Robert Genter. The author analyzes the history of thought in the postwar United States through prominent scholars, from literary critics and painters to sociologists and public intellectuals.
Finally, the map of Cold War 2.0 includes one more new element: a powerful China. During most of the 20th century Cold War, China was a poor country, a relatively minor player economically and ...