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Author:

Brandenberger, David.

Title:

Propaganda state in crisis : Soviet ideology, indoctrination, and terror under Stalin, 1927-1941 / David Brandenberger.

Publisher:

Hoover InstitutionStanford University ;

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xii, 357 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Propaganda, Soviet--History.
Stalin, Joseph,--1879-1953--Influence.
Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza--History.
Political culture--Soviet Union--History.
Popular culture--Soviet Union--History.
Public opinion--Soviet Union--History.
Ideology--Soviet Union--History.
State-sponsored terrorism--Soviet Union--History.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Ideology, propaganda, and mass mobilization -- The propaganda state's first decade -- The search for a usable party history -- Personifying the Soviet "experiment" -- The cult of heroes and heroism -- The pageantry of Soviet patriotism -- The popularity of the official line -- The murder of the usable past -- Mass culture in a time of terror -- Public opinion imperiled -- The ossification of the official line -- Stalinist mass culture on the eve of war -- Conclusion: The propaganda state in crisis.

Series:

The Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War

ISBN:

0300155379 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780300155372 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)711045608

LCCN:

2011014928

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)