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Authors: Timothy Johnston

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Turkey
40

 

Ukrainian nationalism (see nationalist
movements)
Utesov, L.
19,
34,
66,
88,
172,
177,
183,
187–8

 

Vavilov, N.
33–4,
89
Viola, L.
xxi,
xxxviii
Voice of America
194–5,
207

 

War and the Working Class
52
Werth, A.
64–5,
67,
71,
140,
163
Winter war
4–5,
7–8,
12–13,
17,
28–31,
34–5
press coverage
30–1,
40
rumours about
30–1,
38–40
and Soviet ‘liberation’
39–41
and Soviet might
29–32
World War II (see Great
Patriotic War)

 

Zhdanovshchina
173,
178–9,
183
Zhebrak, A.
89–90,
175,
184,
187
Zubkhova, E.
155

Table of Contents

Illustrations xiii

List of Abbreviations xiv

Introduction xvii

The historiography of the Stalin era: where have we got to? xvii

Official Soviet Identity and the ‘tactics of the habitat’ xxv

Mentalit´e and sources xliii

Chronology xlvii

BEING SOVIET IN THE PRE-WAR ERA

The Liberator State? The Crisis of Official Soviet Identity

Official Soviet Identity in the Pact Period 5

The diplomatic identity of the USSR 7

The identity of the USSR as a Civilization 16

Being Soviet in the ‘Pact Period’: ordinary citizens and the

Conclusion 41

BEING SOVIET DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

Perfidious Allies? Britain, America, and Official

Official Soviet Identity and the image of the

The Grand Alliance in the Soviet collective imagination 61

Soviet wartime mentalit´e: the allied states and the rumour network 78

Patrons or Predators? Foreign Servicemen, Technology,

Official Soviet Identity and Western science and culture 84

Lend Lease: gift or payment? 91

Lend Lease within the Soviet wartime imagination 95

Anglo-American servicemen in the wartime USSR 100

Soviet wartime mentalit´e : the glamour of the

Conclusion 123

BEING SOVIET IN THE POST- WAR YEARS

Panics, Peace, and Pacifism: Official Soviet Diplomatic

From allies to enemies: Britain and America,

A peace-loving superpower: Soviet diplomatic identity

‘Struggling for peace’ or pacifism? Popular participation

Soviet mentalit´e during the early Cold War: the outside

Conclusion 165

Subversive Styles? Official Soviet Cultural Identity

The Cold War attack on capitalist life 169

Jazz, style, and science: interacting with post-war

Soviet mentalit´e during the early Cold War: foreign chic

Conclusion 207

Conclusion 209

Appendix: Interview Technique and Questions Used 213

Bibliography 217

Index 237

Illustrations

LEND LEASE WITHIN THE SOVIET WARTIME IMAGINATION

99

173–81

106,

113–14,

146,

162,

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