THE STRUGGLE FOR HEARTHS AND MINDS. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 'CULTURAL DIPLOMACY' AS AN INSTRUMENT OF USA FOREIGN POLICY IN 1945-1961 (Walka o 'serca i umysly'. Znaczenie 'dyplomacji kulturalnej', jako narzedzia polityki... USA w latach 1945-1961)

• Authors: Grafa Kinga
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses the most important initiatives from the range of 'cultural diplomacy' during at the Presidency of Harry Truman and D. Dwight Eisenhower, and their role in the ideological-cultural clash between the USA and the USSR. The authoress focused her attention on a characteristic of the cultural and scientific exchange programmes - their legal foundations and importance, stressing other domains of 'cultural diplomacy' such as information and propaganda. The long-range cultural and scientific exchange programmes intended to create bonds and facilitate contacts, and remained a prominent component of 'cultural diplomacy' since they resulted in better understanding between representatives of assorted nations. The group of their addressees, which initially included the West, gradually widened and became part first of the logic of containment and subsequently - during the 1950s - of the doctrine of liberation. During the initial stage of the Cold War improved mutual understanding, and thus a better comprehension of the so-called communist world and its diversity, proved to be of crucial importance in the struggle waged for the 'hearts and minds' by the USA and the USSR.

Keywords

EN

CULTURAL DIPLOMACY; PRESIDENCY OF D. DWIGHT EISENHOWER; PRESIDENCY OF HARRY TRUMAN; USA -USSR (IDEOLOGICAL–CULTURAL CLASH)

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 95-110
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Grafa Kinga

• Kinga Grafa, Akademia Humanistycznej w Pultusku, Wydzial Nauk Politycznych, ul. Staszica 35, 96-100 Pultusk, Poland.

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA063824