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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brandenberger, David.

Series:

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

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953--Influence.

Stalin, Joseph.

Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za--History.

Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za.

Ideology--Soviet Union--History.

Ideology.

Political culture--Soviet Union--History.

Political culture.

Popular culture--Soviet Union--History.

Popular culture.

Propaganda, Soviet--History.

Propaganda, Soviet.

Public opinion--Soviet Union--History.

Public opinion.

State-sponsored terrorism--Soviet Union--History.

State-sponsored terrorism.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The USSR is often regarded as the world's first propaganda state. Particularly under Stalin, politically charged rhetoric and imagery dominated the press, schools, and cultural forums from literature and cinema to the fine arts. Yet party propagandists were repeatedly frustrated in their efforts to promote a coherent sense of "Soviet" identity during the interwar years. This book investigates this failure to mobilize society along communist lines by probing the secrets of the party's ideological establishment and indoctrinational system. An exposé of systemic failure within Stalin's ideological establishment, Propaganda State in Crisis ultimately rewrites the history of Soviet indoctrination and mass mobilization between 1927 and 1941.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List Of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

A Note on Conventions

Terms and Acronyms

Introduction: Ideology, Propaganda, and Mass Mobilization

1. The Propaganda State’s First Decade

2. The Search for a Usable Party History

3. Personifying The Soviet “Experiment”

4. The Cult of Heroes and Heroism

5. The Pageantry of Soviet Patriotism

6. The Popularity of the Official Line

7. The Murder of The Usable Past

8. Mass Culture in a Time of Terror

9. Public Opinion Imperiled

10. Ossification of the Official Line

11. Stalinist Mass Culture on the Eve of War

Conclusion: The Propaganda State in Crisis

Archival Repository Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-06028-X

9786613519801

0-300-15963-3

OCLC:

1024040979