Communist Propaganda in Pre-Cold War America by Henry H. Prown - 9781350575295

Communist Propaganda in Pre-Cold War AmericaThe Daily Worker and the Great Depression\nAuthor(s): Henry H. Prown\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350575295, 978-1350575295\nSynopsis\nThis book shows that press-orientated agitation and propaganda efforts, delivered through newspapers such as the The Daily Worker, played a key role in the political strategy of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) as they rose to unprecedented cultural prominence and political influence.\n\nOn the eve of the Cold War, when The Daily Worker could be found on newsstands throughout the country and could boast sales of nearly 50,000, the party regarded the paper as the central organ of their political movement. Arguing that this strategy closely aligned with the desires of their Soviet superiors in the Communist International (Comitern), who regularly intervened in the papers affairs, Prown shows how it maintained.