1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781447603321

Autore

Brogi Alessandro

Titolo

Confronting America [[electronic resource] ] : the Cold War between the United States and the communists in France and Italy / / Alessandro Brogi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4696-0295-4

0-8078-7774-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1066 p.)

Collana

The new Cold War history

Disciplina

327.73044

Soggetti

Anti-Americanism - France - History - 20th century

Anti-Americanism - Italy - History - 20th century

Communism - France - History - 20th century

Communism - Italy - History - 20th century

France Foreign relations United States

Italy Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989

United States Foreign relations France

United States Foreign relations Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-507) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The communists and national rebirth in France and Italy, 1944-1946 -- Confronting the communists in government : the American response, 1944-1947 -- Polarized confrontation : U.S. aid and propaganda versus cominform in France and Italy, 1947-1950 -- Communist peace campaigns and American psychological warfare, 1948-1955 -- The cultural Cold War at its peak : mass culture and intellectuals, 1948-1956 -- Diplomatic maneuvering : communist and American interplay of foreign and domestic policies during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations -- Redefining oppression : the 1960's, from affluence to youth protest -- Redefining interdependence : the Eurocommunism of the 1970's and the U.S. response -- Epilogue : cultural and political decline.



Sommario/riassunto

Confronting America: The Cold War between the United States and the Communists in France and Italy